An eight-year-old boy took control of a car across a busy dual carriageway, this is the reason
News24xx.com - Amazing, when his mother blacked out at the wheel an eight-year-old boy took control of a car at 60mph and steered it to safety across a busy dual carriageway.
At that time, Ben Hedger was on his way home from school with mum Lauren Smith when her mother had a seizure on the A120 near Colchester, in Essex. His mother, Miss Smith, 27, who lives in Colchester, lost consciousness at about 15.45 GMT on Monday.
Realising the danger, Ben put on the hazard lights and guided the vehicle across the lanes to the hard shoulder.
His mum said, "When I started having the seizure at first I grabbed the wheel and was steering erratically so because of that we moved from the left lane into the central reservation and crashed into that," she said.
"Then, he put the hazards on, grabbed the steering wheel and steered us to the hard shoulder."
After pulling the car over, Ben tried to use his mother's phone to call the emergency services before another car stopped and helped them.
Miss Smith said Ben had not realised how serious his actions had been.
"He realised something was wrong with me but he didn't realise he had done this amazing thing. He said he just did what he had to do otherwise we would have died."
Miss Smith said she had never had a seizure before.
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