CDOT worker rescues man in wheelchair along I-25

A Colorado Department of Transportation employee helped avoid a potential tragedy Friday on Interstate 25 just south of Mulberry Street.

Michael Lang, a motorist safety worker, saw a man in a motorized wheelchair along the shoulder of the right northbound lane as rush-hour traffic whizzed by.

"I needed to get him safe, so I pulled over and helped him out as best I could,'' Lang said. "He was a little disoriented and needed some help. That's what I'm out here for is to help.''

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Lang called law enforcement and an ambulance and the unharmed man warmed up inside the cab of Lang's pickup until Colorado State Patrol and an ambulance arrived.

The man told a Colorado State Patrol trooper he started in Old Town and was heading to Poudre Valley Hospital. It was unknown what route the man took between Old Town and I-25 but PVH is several miles west of the interstate.

The man was transported by ambulance to PVH.