Matthew and Michelle Acevedo are recovering both mentally and physically from what was an almost unbelievable experience, he told AL.com.

Until it happened to them.

Originally from Texas, the couple are truck drivers and were on their way to make a delivery in South Carolina early Monday morning, Matthew told AL.com.

But as the couple were making their way through Baldwin County in Alabama they noticed a large police presence on the southbound side of Interstate 65.

Matthew said that as they continued to approach the area that his wife noticed a man holding a flashlight waving the truck down.

“So we saw that a person was using their flashlight and was like okay, this is normal,” Acevedo said.

“They were like five, just 10 to 15 feet away from us. That person, well, wasn’t an officer, wasn’t a person in uniform.”

Unbeknownst to the couple, the bystander was Mike Thomas, a man wanted for allegedly committing murder in Georgia and was the subject of a manhunt at the time.

According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Thomas had just bailed out of his car after spike strips deployed by Baldwin County Sheriff‘s deputies disabled his vehicle at about 5:30 a.m.

After Michelle slowed the truck down, that is when Thomas ran and jumped onto the driver side door attempting to get in, Matthew said.

According to Matthew, they proceeded to pass the location with police as his wife honked the horn of their big truck but no emergency vehicles followed.

Matthew said there was no traffic as they approached –contrary to ALEA’s report that says their vehicle was, “stopped in traffic.”

“She’s trying to shake him and blare the horn,” Matthew said.

“As we approached the area where [the police] were at and passed up the area they were at, not one emergency vehicle followed us to aid us or capture him. We traveled around five to seven miles or so, fighting this dude, nobody in the in the rear view mirror or the other side, there is nothing.”

Matthew said that he and his wife did everything they could to get Tucker off their vehicle.

Michelle kept slamming the brakes every time Thomas pointed his weapon at them and Matthew even fired about nine shots at Tucker outside of the truck, striking him once in the leg.

But somehow, Matthew said, Thomas continued to cling to the truck and even fire shots at the couple but missed.

Tucker eventually began to strike Michelle in the head and face with his pistol multiple times as the struggle continued.

Matthew said that Thomas finally gave up and ran into the woods after appearing to lose ammunition and realized he wasn’t getting into the truck.

Matthew said they proceeded to drive several more miles before luckily encountering Emergency Medical Services that was responding to a separate accident.

The couple was able to flag down EMS and get Michelle medical attention, who sustained a concussion and needed several stitches.

The ordeal has left Matthew jaded as he questions why police failed to, “come and help us,” as the couple fought for their lives.

Thomas was subsequently arrested around 5:45 a.m. and charged with assault and robbery for the attempted carjacking.

The couple is taking it one day at a time as they attempt to recoup from the traumatic incident and not blame themselves for a truly unexpected incident.

“In the scheme of things we were like we could have done this or you could have done that,” Matthew said.

“And then we were like well it doesn’t matter, it’s God‘s plan. And unfortunately or fortunately for [Thomas] he’s still here by the grace of God.”