Bystanders use hammer, rope to rescue trucker stranded on Houston freeway with water up to his windshield

HOUSTON — A big rig driver made a mistake that nearly cost him his life Thursday afternoon in north Houston. But a hero with a hammer came to his rescue The trucker drove directly into floodwater on the 59 northbound feeder road, near the Beltway. A man named Nathan was walking above on 59 and saw it happen.