William Ritchey is making amazing progress following a freak accident that left his leg pinned underneath his pickup truck while making a routine drop off at his local DPW yard.
He backed into the pile of debris, but needed more space.
"I went to step on the brake and it, like, knocked me down. And then the seatbelt grabbed me, grabbed my leg and I'm spread eagle and it just drove right up my leg," Ritchey said.
The worker at the yard rushed over and moved the vehicle off of Ritchey's foot.
"I noticed on the column the car was still in reverse, but if not for that big pile back there, it would have kept going," DWP worker Dominick Auletto said.
Ritchey's pain was raging as police arrived.
Piscataway police were on a training mission nearby and jumped into action after hearing Ritchey call for help.
"Within minutes -- I would say one to two minutes -- we were on scene from hearing him yell," Officer Ray Rose said.
"We heard, 'Help me. Help me.' We're like, 'Is that real?' And then all of us ran at the same time," Officer TJ Patel said.
The police officers ran 500 yards from the shooting range to the pile to help Ritchey.
Their noise-amplifying headphones picked up the cries for help.
"We had these are this ear protection where it cancel out any loud noise like a gunshot, and it amplifies the sounds of everything around you," Officer Carlos Alamida said.
Everyone played a role in getting Ritchey free and stabilized.
"They cut his pants, they felt his legs for any deformities, any puncture wounds. We were trying to determine if we needed to put a tournacit on it," Officer Michael Paiano said.
Ritchey was appreciative of all who came to his rescue.
"Oh, man, thank you very much. I know I could have never I never be I probably never will be walking again," he said.