Driver Sacrifices His Hummer, Saves The Lives Of Children
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We don’t talk about Hummers these days as much as we would like to, but this story more than deserves our attention. A man driving a Hummer H3 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada noticed that an oncoming motorist driving a Pontiac G5 was about to careen into a group of kids walking down a crosswalk. Allegedly, the G5 driver was using his cell phone, and was speeding, and wasn’t aware of the children as he wasn’t stopping.
Darrell Krushelnicki, the H3 driver, reacted not by being a witness, but by veering his SUV in front of the smaller G5 in order to collide with it, and thus preventing a much worse accident from happening. Nobody was seriously injured, but the G5 driver has been cited by police for reckless driving, and Edmonton police are considering Krushelnicki’s actions worthy enough of an award.
Faith in humanity restored? Every bit helps. And would you be quick to do the same? Chime in the comment section below.
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I frequently find myself honking my horn at morons like this… Then I am not having to sacrifice my own vehicle… Very honorable…
great story awesome man
I probably would if I had quick enough reactions to do so, the kids would have been run over by the time I would have figured out what was happening.
i find this really life saving, but i would hate if you did something like this & was found unlawful by doing it, or maybe even at fault
Thank you for saving these children and sacrificing your car. It was worthy! I think he should get some award!
Hope the insurance company doesn’t reward him by raising his rates. I guess that also depends on how the accident report was written and insurance laws in Alberta.
Give that man a klondike bar.
Great story! Many thanks to all citizens like this hero, who make up for the folks with no brain that still text and drive or talk on the cellphone without hands-free.
This story goes to show there is still some use for big outdated dinosaurs like the Hummer H3 in this world. Saving children isn’t a bad gig – or using the car as a battering ram or in the local destruction derby.
I’d like to think I would do the same – and hope I’d be as observant and quick to act.
Canadians.
Too bad they can’t write up the accident as between car and pedestrians, car is damaged, pedestrians uninjured, car driver 100% at fault for not yielding to pedestrians.