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Daily Do Good: Driver Saves Man Having Seizure Behind The Wheel

A British man saves the life of a fellow driver who was having a seizure while driving down the highway. John Barlow was with his family headed on an 80-mile drive across England to pick up a new kitten for his seven-year-old son when they came upon another car driving erratically in the fast lane. While trying to get the other driver’s attention, Barlow noticed that the man was unconscious behind the wheel.

So the 59-year-old engineer pulled in front of the other car and carefully slowed down, using his car to bring the other car to a stop. “When he hit me the first time, my little boy was screaming,” Barlow recalls. “But there was nothing I could do. We’d already decided then we were going to try and stop him.” He managed to get the car stopped and then he and another driver helped him force his way into the car. They cleared the man’s airway and worked with other bystanders to render aid until paramedics arrived shortly after and took the man to the hospital. They later learned the man was having a seizure, and was later released from the hospital.

In retrospect, Barlow says it may have been a little foolish to try and stop the man’s car, but says, “You just do things, don’t you? Without thinking about it sometimes.” Fortunately, the damage to his car was limited. And they made it to get their new cat and got back to their home in Middleton in one piece.

Source: The Guardian

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Photo: Getty Images


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