A good deed

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Thousands of screws cause dozens of flat tires

More than 5,000 screws littered the interstate from 120th to 136th. "It started at the exit, there were cars all over the place," said one witness. "It sounded like I had mud on my tire...wop, wop, wop, wop," said Robert Brodston who after pulling over, discovered that three of his tires were punctured.

The screws fell from a Stucco supply truck owned by Jones Heartz Lime Co. Inc. The driver said the belt that held the boxes of screws in place on his truck broke, causing five boxes of screws to spill everywhere.

The driver stopped his truck and handed out business cards to everyone who got a flat tire. He called in a tow truck and paid for all repairs at a Northglenn tire shop.

"We watched him, he walked up and down the whole highway, making sure people got a card and people were taken care of," said one of the drivers whose car needed repairs.

"I thought it was really nice of him to be concerned about it. Some people aren't. They just leave the mess for someone to clean up," said Kris Kier, while waiting for her car to be repaired at Discount Tire.

My first thoughts on posting this were "What a good guy, doing the right thing." Then I thought "Hang on, how cynical and selfish have we become as a society that a bloke taking responsibility for his actions, even though he was not really at fault, makes the news?" Now I'm all confused. It's too early. More coffee...