It turns Pittsburgh coach Jamie Dixon is more than a basketball coach.
While driving home Saturday night after the Rutgers-Pittsburgh football game, Dixon witnessed a car that was swerving several cars in front of him.
According to a report on WPXI.com, the vehicle flipped over while travelling outbound on I-279 North near the Mcknight Road exit, hit a barrier and landed on its side in the road.
After witnessing the accident, Dixon pulled over to help get the victims out of the car.
One person remained trapped in the car while the other fled the scene, according to police.
“[Dixon] assisted in removing at least one of the two occupants,” Pennsylvania state trooper Erik Fisher told ESPN.com on Sunday morning. “He sustained some injuries to his hands in assisting in getting them out through the windshield of the vehicle on the passenger side.”
He added to ESPN.com: “He was a good Samaritan. That’s the way people are supposed to be. By all accounts he did exactly what a decent person should do. It’s an Interstate freeway and I’m sure countless other cars drove right past. He was one of the very few who pulled over.”
Dixon declined comment Sunday through a spokesman.
Pittsburgh was picked to win the Big East during last week’s Big East Media Day.
(PHoto courtesy Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
