RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Members of a family from upstate New York say they were dumbfounded when a stranger offered them the use of his vehicle when their motor home broke down in South Dakota.

Dawn Frosolone says she doesn't think such an act of kindness would happen in her home state. She calls David Tolley's offer "really fantastic."

Tolley tells the Rapid City Journal that when he saw the broken-down motor home along Interstate 90 west of Rapid City on Tuesday night, and a dad and five children standing helpless nearby, he couldn't help but stop.

He ended up giving the Frosolones the overnight use of his vehicle to go to a motel or a campground. They dropped it off the next way, with some fresh gas and lot of thanks.

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