An electric vehicle broke down in West Virginia on Friday leaving a tourist completely stranded, but a group of coal miners was quick to help out.
The EV broke down along Corridor H in Tucker County as the driver was headed to Davis for a weekend getaway, according to Fox News.
Photographs shared on Facebook by Tucker County Republican state Sen. Randy Smith show the car broken down in front of the Mettiki Coal access road on U.S. 48.
“Someone called one of our foreman and told him a car was broke down in the middle of our haul road,” Smith said in his post.
The post read: “Some days are just better than others. Today at our mine off Corridor H an electric car from DC ran out of battery at the road entrance to the mine. Someone called one of our foreman and told him a car was broke down in the middle of our haul road. He went to investigate and found out they had indeed ran out of juice coming from DC to Davis for a get away weekend. He then went back to the mine and got guys to push the car to the guard shack so they could plug in to charge. They couldn’t pull it because it was all plastic underneath and nothing to hook up to. So here are 5 coal miners pushing a battery car to the coal mine to charge up. If you look closely you can see our coal stockpile and load out in the background. This just shows you coal miners are good people and will go out of their way to help anyone friend or foe. Im honestly glad they ended up where they could get some help because they couldn’t get a tow truck to come and this is out in the middle of nowhere. one guy even dropped off a Friend of Coal license plate when he left to go home. Lol #Godblesscoalminers”
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, coal accounts for about 21% of all the electricity generated in the United States, including the power used to charge EVs.