Earlier this month, Markus Klewin, a recent graduate of Montana State University, spotted a car moving in circles outside a Bozeman, Montana, gas station. Initially, he thought the driver was intentionally “doing donuts” but soon realized there was no one behind the wheel. Apparently, the driver had suffered a seizure and fallen out of the moving vehicle.
Without hesitation, Klewin jumped into the open driver’s side door of the moving car, pressed the brakes, and stopped the vehicle before running inside to call 911. Police and EMS arrived moments later and provided medical care for the driver, who is now recovering. Klewin says he acted on instinct and “kind of blacked out during the whole thing,” later calling footage of the incident “crazy” to watch.
The 24-year-old Eagle Scout says he injured his ankle slightly in the incident but feels fortunate to have been able to help and grateful for being “in the right place, right time.” His father, Kurt Klewin, isn’t surprised by his son’s reaction and shares that Markus has “always been one of those kids who goes out of his way to help people.” Bozeman Police Lieutenant Quinn Ellingson praised Markus for acting without hesitation, and a representative from Town Pump is calling his actions “heroic.”
Source: PEOPLE
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