The 27-year-old teacher Lauren Smith from Dovercourt in Essex in England will probably never forget the 3. december. It was the day when she is in her car suffered a stroke and passed out, while she drove about 100 kilometres an hour. It could have ended in a terrible traffic accident.

But fortunately was Lauren’s eight-year-old son, Ben, with on the long trip, as Lauren suddenly lost control of the vehicle. And he held resolutely, but calmly, grab the car’s steering wheel and guided it in safety into the rebate, where the mother and son got the help of other drivers who had also driven on the road (A 120 in the vicinity of the town of Colchester in Essex.

It writes multiple media including the Daily Mail and the BBC

Eight-year-old Ben here shows the press how he took over the car’s steering wheel, when his mother suddenly fainted. (Photo: Eastnews Press Agency)

The 27-year-old teacher suddenly began to shake and ran the car into the central reservation, before she fainted. But her son stepped immediately into action and grabbed hold of the steering wheel, while he quietly steered the car across two lanes and into some green grass in the side the discount. The only 8-year-old boy also provided to turn on the emergency flashing. And shortly after stopped several cars in order to help the mother and son.

Large parts of the dramatic situation was filmed by a bagvedkørende car. It can see in the video at the top of the article.

Lauren Smith was subsequently taken to hospital, where doctors found out that it was the first time that she had had a stroke, which makes her eight-year-old son’s response even more remarkable. Lauren Smith also thanks his son for saving their lives.

About the accident, she has stated the following:

Suddenly I began to run very irregularly for about a minute. The car shook wildly as I put the go down, because it still running in fifth gear, before I passed out over the steering wheel in the car, says Lauren Smith.

During the treatment at Colchester General Hospital, it appeared, moreover, to Lauren Smith at all could not remember what had happened in her life over the last 24 hours before the accident.

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The 27-year-old teacher has several times thanks to his son earnestly that they both are alive today. (Photo: Eastnews Press Agency)

today is Lauren Smith still full of admiration for his son’s great against:

– I’m still shocked, he knew what he should do. He is my big hero. I often think about what might have happened if he had not reacted so quickly. I hate to think how bad it could have gone.

Doctors have also not been able to identify the cause of Lauren Smith’s sudden stroke. But they have a theory that there might have been talk about a virus. The stroke has done to Lauren Smith still has great pain, and the doctors have not yet given her permission to drive the car again.

It was here on the road A120, that the accident happened. (Photo: Eastnews Press Agency)