TCA Highway Angel: Trucker drives 3 hours to return woman's lost purse

The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has named truck driver Daljit Sohi, from Triple Eight Transport Inc out of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada a TCA Highway Angel for noticing a woman dropped her purse at a rest stop, then driving for three hours to return it to her.

TCA explains:

Daljit SohiOn Nov. 29, while traveling from Banff to Salmon Arm, Shailly James, from High River, Alberta, stopped near Golden, British Columbia, to assist her 4-year-old child. Unbeknownst to James, her purse fell during the stop. It contained $1,100, a gold chain, credit cards and her identification cards.

“I was not aware,” James said.

Triple Eight Transport driver Sohi witnessed the event and followed James in his truck in order to return the purse.

“I followed the lady for three hours,” Sohi said.

While driving, James noticed a truck driver following her, which caused some concern. When stopped to refuel at a gas station in Sicamous, Sohi approached James and informed her that he had found her lost purse. To her relief, everything in the handbag was accounted for and nothing was missing.

“I was so happy that, thank god, he found it,” James said. “Then I tried to give him $500 as a reward, but he didn’t take it.” She plans to send a thank you gift to Sohi at his company office.

Since the TCA Highway Angel program’s inception in August 1997, nearly 1,400 professional truck drivers have been recognized as TCA Highway Angels for exemplary kindness, courtesy, and courage displayed while on the job. Thanks to the program’s presenting sponsor, EpicVue, and supporting sponsors, DriverFacts and Northland Insurance, TCA is able to showcase outstanding drivers like Sohi.