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Truck Driver Stops Barnstable Traffic To Help Woman Cross Street

A truck driver's good deed is going viral.

Truck driver Rene Lopez helps a woman cross the street in Barnstable
Truck driver Rene Lopez helps a woman cross the street in Barnstable (Samantha Steward)

BOSTON — A truck driver’s good deed is going viral. He stopped traffic and got out of his vehicle to help an elderly woman cross the street.

“I got to go park my truck, I got to go outside and walk her,” driver Rene Lopez told WBZ.

Video recorded by Samantha Steward shows cars waiting behind Rene Lopez’s truck at a Barnstable intersection Thursday morning.

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“I got to go stop for the traffic, so I go ‘hey guy give me one second, I got to go cross the street with the lady,’” Lopez said.

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