JACKSON TWP — The first order of business at Monday's Seneca Valley School Board meeting was to recognize the bravery and selflessness of a track coach who rendered lifesaving aid May 13 at the scene of a fiery rollover accident in Forward Township.

Dan Dickey, a Ryan Gloyer Middle School math teacher and track coach, partnered with Steve Tinker, head coach of the Avonworth Middle School track team, to extract injured passengers from an SUV that had overturned, rolled down a ravine and caught fire.

Those passengers included a paralyzed 15-year-old who could not have exited the vehicle without help before it burst into flames.

Tracy Vitale, Seneca Valley superintendent, minced no words in expressing her pride in Dickey, who attended the meeting Monday.

“The students (returning from a track meet with Dickey) saw heroes in action,” Vitale said. “You and this other coach didn’t think about running down a ravine toward a huge fire.”

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