Dramatic traffic video showed eight strangers working together to rescue the occupants of an overturned SUV during a crash in Florida on Tuesday.
viral video Daytona Beach Police Department announced On Wednesday, a gray SUV can be seen speeding through an intersection and colliding with an oncoming white SUV.
The impact caused the gray car to spin and flip onto its right side, while a white SUV came to a stop nearby.
After several tense moments, with no one emerging from any of the vehicles, other vehicles stopped and people, including a passenger in the white SUV involved in the crash, rushed to help.
Within seconds, eight do-gooders lined up next to the overturned SUV, together grabbed the sides of the roof and began rocking it back and forth.
Then, with a final push, push the vehicle back onto its wheels.
“It was a little surreal. It happened so fast,” said Amy Ridgeley, one of those who took part in the impromptu rescue. he told Fox 35.
Ridgeley, an Iraq veteran, said he didn’t hesitate when he saw the SUV stuck on its side with a person inside.
“As a veteran, I took an oath to protect and protect. Two of the Army values we stand for are personal courage and selfless service. I have the opportunity to help those in need. So I had to go,” Ridgeley said.
Local police praised all the good Samaritans, saying in a Facebook post that they embody the “spirit of Daytona Beach.”
Police added: “We would like to thank all the kind passers-by who stopped to lend a hand.”
The crash involved two people in a gray SUV and two people in a white SUV. None of the cases required hospitalization, and no serious injuries were reported, police said.
Officials said the 31-year-old driver of the overturned gray car was later questioned on suspicion of running a red light.
