Iraq Veteran Killed Saving Others On Idaho Highway

Hero to the end — Iraq veteran killed while helping car accident victims 
Idaho State Journal
By David Ashby
February 1, 2015

BLACKFOOT — Kyle Pratt was a hero to the very end.

On his way to work in the early morning hours of Jan. 19, the 27-year-old was involved in a large pile-up on I-84 near Boise that involved at least eight cars. Visibility was extremely limited due to thick fog and the road was coated in black ice.

“The coroner said the road was so slick you couldn’t even stand on it,” said Jeff Pratt, Kyle’s father.

As Kyle approached the wrecked cars in front of him, he swerved and crashed into the median.

Uninjured, Pratt immediately left his damaged car and started assisting the other crash victims.

But Pratt’s heroics would ultimately cost him his life.

As two cars approached the wreckage, Pratt pushed two people out of harm’s way. One of the vehicles hit Pratt, killing him at the scene.

From 2006 to 2010, Pratt served aboard the U.S.S. John C. Stennis supercarrier as a machinist during the Iraq War. Jeff and Suzan, Kyle’s mother, still have his service flag hanging in the front window of their Blackfoot home.
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