Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Hero Aids Motorist Having a Seizure

Man Jumps Into Moving Car to
Help Stricken Driver


A Jeep Cherokee was out of control near Atlanta because the driver was having a seizure. The vehicle was weaving and had slowed to about ten miles per hour. A man chased after this Jeep, caught up with it, opening the passenger door, and then jumped into the passenger seat, guiding the vehicle to a guard rail and to a stop.

The owner of the Jeep, Christopher Sanders, recalls that he blacked out driving home from work in the west Georgia city of Columbus. His Jeep was weaving through fast-moving parkway traffic when a rescuer, Michael Perry, appeared.

Perry parked his own vehicle and ran to catch Sanders’ Jeep.

Sanders, 27, began having seizures ten years ago, though he had never had one while driving. The cause of these seizures has not been established, but Sanders says he was shot in the neck during a robbery years ago, which may have started the seizures.

Sanders said Perry banged up his own leg since it got caught between the Jeep and the guardrail, but either man suffered a serious injury.

Sanders and Perry both hail from Phenix City, which is immediately across the state line in Alabama.

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