before it exploded in Montreal on Tuesday. 2:52

Pleas in vain

In a video taken by a witness, Bujold can be seen walking toward the truck behind him after the collision. When he discovers there is someone inside, he rushes back to his truck and retrieves a crowbar.

Knowing that somebody inside the vehicle is going to die, it's the worst feeling in the world. - Jean Carrière , boss of Carol Bujold , who tried to rescue Gilbert Prince from burning truck

Bujold knew he only had seconds to act, Carrière said. By the time he got the crowbar and started running back to the truck, the fire had already started.

Smoke was taking over the cab. He saw that the steering wheel was more or less pushed up against Prince's ribcage, trapping him inside.

Bujold tried to reach the terrified man from the driver's side, then ran around and tried to pry open the passenger door, to no avail.

"It's a picture and sound I think will stay in Carol's mind for a long time," Carrière said.

Carrière said Bujold was particularly disappointed that while he was frantically trying to save the trapped man, no one stopped to help.

"The whole thing demolished him," Carrière said.

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Son stressed out over ordeal

Céline Comtois, Bujold's mother, told Radio-Canada she got a call from his wife about the accident yesterday.

Comtois spoke to her son this morning and says he's stressed out about the ordeal he went through.

"He doesn't feel like he's able to tell the story," she said.

Céline Comtois said her son is having trouble