From left, Slippery Rock University Trustee Domenic Ionta with SRU student Sgt. David Duffey and SRU President William Behre, as Ionta presented a commendation Friday from the SRU Council of Trustees to Duffey for his act of heroism. Submitted photo

A Slippery Rock University student is being honored for act of heroism where he pulled a man trapped in a burning tractor-trailer to safety.

Sgt. David Duffey was recognized by the SRU board of trustees at their Friday quarterly board meeting for saving a man’s life on Oct. 16.

Duffey, a sergeant of the 28th Military Police Company of the Army National Guard and current Slippery Rock student, was coming home from a weekend training drill for the National Guard when he witnessed a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.