Woman Jumps Out Of Her Car To Rescue A Child Running In Traffic

June 22, 2019

A Good Samaritan rescued a little boy who was running in the middle of a busy road – and it was all captured on a nearby surveillance camera.

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CCTV footage shows a woman leaping out of her car and sprinting after the child as she runs down a street in Gravesend, England.

"I did what anyone else would've done and just got out of the car as quickly as possible to grab the little boy," the woman, who asked to remain anonymous, told Kent Online.

woman saves child running in traffic
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"I waited with him and his brothers until police came and his mother was found. It was all just a shock at the time and the adrenaline took over me.

"After it was all over I went home and cried about everything that happened. It was a blur."

woman saves child running in traffic
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The child was reunited with his mother shortly after the incident, Gravesend Police said in a statement.

woman saves child running in traffic
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