Pittsburgh head coach Jamie Dixon pulled over on an interstate highway and helped “at least one of the two occupants” out of a car that had flipped over against a guard rail last night in Pittsburgh, according to a Pennsylvania state trooper’s statement to ESPN.com’s Andy Katz.
It’s not certain if Dixon helped one or both passengers out of the crashed vehicle, since the driver of the car reportedly took off on foot. Dixon suffered unspecified “injuries to his hands,” according to the linked ESPN.com report, in helping at least the passenger get out of the car through the windshield. After being treated at a local hospital, Dixon was sent home — and was at practice this morning.
Some might find the superhero designation a tad much, since Dixon exhibited what should be the norm for behavior in human beings. That countless cars drove by and did not pull over to help (we all know how easy it is to rationalize that everything’s under control when driving by a scene like that) reaffirms that it’s not, though, and Coach Dixon is one of the last people who would ever openly pat himself on the back for this. We hope he doesn’t mind us taking the opportunity to do it for him. Bravo, sir.