Good Samaritans’ quick team work saves Chinese driver trapped in overturned van in less than a minute

Dozens of Chinese pedestrians joined hands to free a trapped driver in a traffic accident in southern China last week.

The driver had become trapped in his minivan after it hit an oncoming vehicle and overturned at a crossroad in Huizhou, Guangdong province, last Wednesday, the People’s Daily reported.

Huang Hanhua recalled his minivan flipping over some 10 metres after it crashed into a car in the middle of the road, leaving him trapped upside down.

Surveillance footage showed that a male passer-by in a black T-shirt rushed to his van and started kicking at the windshield, while the other driver jumped to the side of the van, attempting to save Huang from the passenger’s seat.

More than 20 people, including grey-haired senior citizens and women , gathered quickly , and together they started pushing the van to the right position after the two men’s efforts semmed fruitless.