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Plano Officer Credited with Helping Save Driver After Crash

A Plano police officer is being called a hero for pulling a truck driver to safety after the truck flipped on its side.

Officer Robb Shelton said it was one of the most chaotic cashes he has seen in his career.

The Dallas North Tollway was shut down for several hours Wednesday near Parker Road where concrete spilled onto the highway.

Shelton said he had to break the truck's windshield to pull the driver out.

But he's not calling himself a hero. He said there were several other drivers who helped as well.

"The heroes are the two or three other people who were in the cab with me," Shelton said. "They didn't have to stop. They didn't have to do anything. They could have just driven past this. Those are the heroes. I'm just a guy doing my job."

The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating what caused the crash.

The driver of the truck is expected to be OK.

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