By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brian T. Glunt, Surface Warfare Engineering School Command (SWESC) Great Lakes Public Affairs
GREAT LAKES, Ill. – Fireman Apprentice Evan McKenzie, from Pittsburgh, is one of four U.S. Navy sailors assigned to Surface Warfare Engineering School Command (SWESC) Great Lakes who responded to an overturned car at a toll ramp exit, Nov. 11, in North Chicago, Illinois. McKenzie graduated from Penn Hills High School in 2024 and currently serves as an electrician’s mate.
McKenzie was on his way back, via ride share, to Naval Station (NAVSTA) Great Lakes with Fireman Apprentice David Oxner, Fireman Apprentice Dillon Weaver and Fireman Trevor Young after having dinner when they spotted an overturned vehicle at the toll plaza exit ramp onto Buckley Road.
“Weaver was the one who first saw the car and told our driver to pull over,” Oxner said. “There were two other bystanders there who had also just stopped to help. So we pulled over, hopped out and noticed there were two occupants inside the upside-down vehicle. We tried to open the doors, but they were locked. We all got on the left side of the vehicle, and the six of us pushed the car onto its side so we could open the back trunk and try to get these people out.”
Oxner added that one of the occupants seemed to be unconscious upon their arrival at the scene where the car was smoking, but had stopped once they rolled the vehicle on its side. Oxner then called emergency services to tell them their location.
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