Good Samaritan driver helps couple through floods

A couple’s heartwarming post about how a truckie helped them through terrifying floodwaters, without saying a word, has gone viral.

A Queensland couple has inadvertently catapulted a good Samaritan truck driver to social media fame after sharing the heartwarming way he helped them through floodwaters.

Emily Clarke and her partner Jay were driving in Proserpine, in Queensland’s Whitsunday Region on Thursday, when a severe storm hit.

In her post, Ms Clarke said the driver, a man named Footie from Melbourne, had “restored my faith in humanity” after he guided them through the storm.

“The water was lapping both sides of the Bruce Highway and in some parts, it was over the road,” Ms Clarke wrote.

“We noticed the truck moving over to the left and I asked Jay, do you think he is pushing the excess water off the road for us?”

Emily Clarke with her partner Jay. Picture: Facebook

Ms Clarke explained Footie started using his indicators to advise them about hazards on the road.

“It was so bad that I could see only his brake lights at one point. It was unsafe to stop so I committed and tucked in behind the truck and he guided me, braking frequently and putting his indicator on the side that there was an upcoming hazard,” she wrote.

The couple followed Footie all the way to a pub just before Mackay where they were finally able to get out of their car and thank him for his help.

“He said ‘I could see more than you, and if you were my family, I would only hope that another truck driver would do that for them’. We offered to buy him a drink and thanked him from the bottom of our hearts for helping keep us safe.

“To all the Footie’s out there on the road looking out for us during this crazy weather and especially at this time of the year when the roads are the busiest, we know you have a job to do but we appreciate you,” Ms Clarke wrote.

The post quickly went viral, amassing more than 40,000 likes on Facebook and being shared close to 13,000 times.

After the huge amount of attention, Footie got in touch with the couple again and said the attention had been “unexpected”.

“With out sounding like a total knob, thanks to everyone, including my beautiful family, friends, and strangers that have commented and may comment and liked / shared the various posts going around. I’m absolutely gobsmacked by the interest,” Footie said.

“It’s honestly nothing I wouldn’t think that any truckie wouldn’t do to try keep people as safe as possible.

“Special thanks for the kind words Clarke family. Merry Christmas to all, and a safe and Happy New Year.”