Calgary Flames alumni Curtis Glencross gives stranded fan a big assist
Global News
Former Calgary Flames assistant captain Curtis Glencross set up 141 goals during his NHL career, but a Calgary woman is more thankful for the assist he provided off the ice.
Shayne Hill only saw the deer in front of her headlights for a split second before the impact of the crash crumpled her car’s hood into the windshield and set off the airbags.
“I just quickly tried to get off the road so I didn’t hurt anyone. I pulled over and started crying because I just got this car maybe a week ago,” Hill recalled.
It was just before 10 p.m. on a dark stretch of Highway 2A between High River and Calgary in early December: not an ideal place to be stranded.
“I grabbed my phone, went to go call my boyfriend and I noticed I had one per cent battery left,” She added.
Hill managed to make one call to her boyfriend giving him a rough idea of where she was before the phone went dead and she was stuck in the dark.
Cars continued passing her for about 15 minutes before a man in a truck pulled up to help.
“He instantly was like, ‘You go get in my truck, it’s warm in there. I have a charger, charge your phone, make the phone calls that you need to, here’s my phone so you can call someone,'” Hill said.
The pieces slowly started to come together as they made small talk, waiting for Hill’s boyfriend and police to arrive.
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