Monica Wood's husband Daniel Abbott rescued from burning truck after suicide attempt in Maine

The husband of renowned author Monica Wood was rescued from his flaming truck after 'shooting himself three times in the head with a flare gun'. Daniel Abbott, 65, was pulled from his burning vehicle by two passers-by on Interstate 295 in Freeport, Maine on Tuesday morning.

The husband of renowned author Monica Wood was rescued from his flaming truck after 'shooting himself three times in the head with a flare gun'.

Daniel Abbott, 65, was pulled from his burning vehicle by two passers-by on Interstate 295 in Freeport, Maine on Tuesday morning.

One doused the flames with a fire extinguisher moments before they reached the truck's modified propane fuel tank, saving an enormous explosion.

The husband of renowned Maine author Monica Wood (pictured) was rescued from his flaming truck after 'shooting himself three times in the head with a flare gun'

The husband of renowned Maine author Monica Wood (pictured) was rescued from his flaming truck after 'shooting himself three times in the head with a flare gun'

Paul Oleston and Jayson Forgues were the good Samaritans, reports WMTW.

'In the break down lane and I noticed a white pick up truck. All of sudden I was like "Oh there are flames coming from the vehicle,"' Mr Oleston told the outlet.

Mr Forgues added that he saw a man inside the truck bleeding heavily. His natural instincts kicked and he pulled the man to safety, before dialling 911. 

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Mr Abbott, a professor of computer aided design at Southern Maine Community College, is in critical condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland after what police believe was an attempted suicide.

'He has been a longtime, highly respected professor here,' college spokesman Clarke Canfield told the Portland Press Herald.

Police have confirmed that Mr Abbott is married to Monica Wood, who has written seven books including When We Were the Kennedys, a memoir about her childhood in Mexico, Maine, and the loss of her father.

  • For confidential support call the National Suicide Prevention Line on 1-800-273-8255 
Daniel Abbott, 65, was pulled from his burning vehicle by two passers-by on Interstate 295 in Freeport, Maine on Tuesday morning (stock image of flare gun) 

Daniel Abbott, 65, was pulled from his burning vehicle by two passers-by on Interstate 295 in Freeport, Maine on Tuesday morning (stock image of flare gun) 

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