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Carol Bujold knew he had to act quickly when a diesel truck smashed into the flatbed truck he was driving.

Seeing the truck on fire, he rushed to try to free the driver.

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Bujold was said to be in a state of shock on Wednesday after the driver of the truck, 52-year-old Gilbert Prince, was declared dead on the scene. He declined requests for an interview, but his boss recounted what Bujold saw.

“I was on the phone with him during the event and I met him after he was released from the hospital,” said Jean Carrière, the general manager of Givesco, a St-Léonard-based provider of construction materials. “Carol was in shock. He doesn’t want to be treated as a hero, but all of us here at Givesco consider him to be a hero.”