Police praise teen for saving woman trapped under car



POLICE have praised a teenage boy for saving the life of a woman trapped upside down in her car for three days after rolling it down an embankment.


The 45-year-old crashed her car on Christmas Day, sending it plunging 15 metres down an embankment next to Wondalga Road, near Batlow, in southern NSW.

The car came to rest on its roof – with the woman’s leg trapped underneath.

Local youth Caleb Wilks, who police say was walking through the remote area to a nearby property, heard her cry for help on Wednesday night and called emergency services.

“He’s called triple zero, he’s indicated to the woman that help was coming, and he’s stayed up on the road so that we could see him,” sergeant Brian Hammond told AAP.

“Otherwise we wouldn’t have found the car.

“He’s been very mature. His parents are very proud of him, and she’s been very lucky that he walked by.”

The woman had reportedly veered to avoid a kangaroo before the accident.

“It’s quite astounding and she’s very very lucky,” Acting Sergeant Roy Elmes told ABC online.

“She does have some serious injuries. She’s lucky though. I think the weather’s been a bit cooler and we’ve had some rain, otherwise I think it could’ve been different circumstances.”

An ambulance spokeswoman said the woman was lucky to be alive.

The woman, from Tumut, was flown to Canberra Hospital where her leg was amputated.

She is listed in a stable condition.

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