Life throws unexpected things at us. No matter how hard we try, we can never prepare for life’s surprises. Randy Tompkins from Dixon, Illinois, found himself in a situation in which his actions made a difference between life and death!
Fortunately, Randy was up to the task.
Illinois resident saves man by jumping into a moving car
Randy was driving his truck when he noticed that another driver was dangerously close to veering off the road. The driver had a medical condition, Randy later recalled, and was in need of urgent medical aid.
There was no time to lose and Randy knew he had to act to prevent a deathly accident. What happened next was caught on dashcam and amazed everyone who saw the video!
Thanks to Randy, who jumped into a moving car, nobody got harmed
What happened next was the kind of stuff you usually see in Hollywood movies. Randy jumped into a moving car and literally saved the driver’s life! Following closely behind the man’s vehicle was a squad car, that couldn’t tell from their viewpoint that the driver was in trouble. They were simply following closely until the driver came to a stop. But when they saw Randy wave at them and dive into the car they knew something much more serious was happening.
“The driver of the truck (later identified as Dixon resident Randy Tompkins) exited his vehicle, ran up to the car and without hesitation jumped into the car through the passenger side window in an attempt to stop it,” Dixon Police said in a statement published on Twitter. “Tompkins was able to get the car in park just as officers approached the vehicle as well.”
The driver, who was having a seizure, was later transported to a hospital for treatment.
“We want to thank Tompkins for his heroism and for coming to a complete stranger’s aid today!” police said in the statement.
“My adrenaline is still going”
Randy, fully aware that it was a close call, admitted that his heroic act got his adrenaline pumping.
“Wow I just saved this guy’s life in the blue car I jumped in his car he was having a seizure at the wheel the cops said they saw me jump in his window like dukes of Hazzard,” he wrote in a Facebook post. “It was crazy I saw him coming at me so I backed up real fast to the side and jumped out and jumped in his car to stop it wow my adrenaline is still going.”
We can only applaud Randy for his timely intervention that saved the driver’s life. Some Twitter users, on the other hand, stated that the police didn’t help until the ‘car was secured’ but Dixon police dept. brushed off criticism saying that they couldn’t see that the driver needed medical help.
Seconds from disaster
We don’t want to think of what would’ve happened if Randy wasn’t there. Thanks to his effort, everyone got out unscathed and the world got a new hero!
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