A truck driver from the UK was awarded the medal of valor for rescuing woman from burning car in January last year.
The incident occurred on 17 January 2019, 17:43, when the truck driver John Rastrick was driving his route along the M1, all of a sudden after witnessing the accident. The DVR in the cabin Restrike captured the accident and the moment of salvation the 27-year-old Pari Mistry.
The footage shows the collision of two cars. A second later one of them lights up and John reacts almost instantly. Rastrick runs up and starts to pull her from the burning car. Enlisting the help of other participants of the accident, it is still possible. A few seconds after saving Mistry, the tank explodes and the car covers the flame.
The accident Mistry was injured skull, which she had to relearn how to walk and talk.
«Except that I was told about the incident I do not remember much, but I know that I thought that I would die.» — Mistry said at the ceremony, which was organized by the ambulance Service in the East Midlands in honor of the heroism of Restrictive. «John not only saved my life, he saved the life of my mom, dad and brother.»
«John didn’t just save my life. He saved the lives of my mum, dad and brother too.” https://t.co/YIOYIAQqu9 pic.twitter.com/HkKFospI0T
— East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (@EMASNHSTrust) January 15, 2020
According to John, he hoped that the burning car was empty, but when I saw the Bet, immediately threw all of his fears and ran to help.
«I just knew that there was no longer anyone who could possibly fill in to help, and I had to do what was right.» he says.
