While helping drivers, Freeway Service Patrol faces traffic dangers

Barbara Farr had seen the state Department of Transportation’s Freeway Serv­ice Patrol trucks plenty of times from her 2010 Volvo V50 wagon, but never needed their services until her tire blew out on the westbound H-1 freeway Tuesday morning.
“I hit something and it went immediately flat,” forcing her to block traffic and turn on her blinkers, Farr, 52, told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. FSP operator David-Ray Ramos pulled up behind to block oncoming traffic, took out a jac