Car salesman stops runaway van in South Korea
After seeing the driver slumped over, Son Ho-jin sprang into action, luckily before the vehicle made it to another intersection
By Park Jae-hyuk
Few people would easily decide to jump into a moving car to save a driver who had been in an accident.
Kia Motors salesman Son Ho-jin, however, made such a heroic decision, when he witnessed a car accident on his way to work in South Korea’s South Chungcheong Province.
The 34-year-old jumped into a running minivan and rescued its driver, who lost consciousness after a broadside collision with a passenger car in an intersection.
“I was making a right turn in the intersection, when I heard a thumping sound behind my car. I stopped my car at first to see what happened,” he told The Korea Times, Monday. “At first, I didn’t know whether the driver was unconscious or fleeing the scene. After a while, I saw the driver slumped down in the passenger seat.”
Then, Son immediately got out of his car and rushed to the minivan.