One big hero

starman32 · May 23, 2009

The North Platte Telegraph

A quick-thinking North Platte 6-year-old is credited with helping to save his dad's life after he noticed that his father, Phillip Mains, had passed out while driving due to a diabetic episode on Sunday evening.

Tustin Mains, a local kindergartner, reacted quickly from the backseat, jumping between the two front seats of the vehicle to grab the steering wheel of his father's Chevy Avalanche and climbing atop his father's lap in order to see out of the window.

According to Phillip, he took his two sons, Tustin and his 3-year-old brother, to Whiskey Creek for supper on Sunday evening and it was on the way back that Phillip's blood sugar dropped, sending him into unconsciousness.

"I remember backing out and circling around the road to the stoplight and I remember getting up to about the mall," said Phillip. "That was at about 6:45. The next thing I remember was waking up to the officers and paramedics and it was 8:15."

Witnesses reported to police that they observed a young boy driving a vehicle and that it appeared an adult male was passed out at the wheel. Phillip said he was told that other drivers got behind and in front of his vehicle with their emergency blinkers flashing while Tustin manhandled the vehicle through town.
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MountainMama · May 23, 2009

That's an amazing story!

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