Woman lifts car off boy
A woman saved the life of a seven-year-old boy after she found the strength to free him from under a one-ton car and then gave him the kiss of life.
Jean-Luc Archer, from Cheetham Hill, Manchester, UK, was walking near his home when he ran out in front of a BMW 318.
The boy went under the front wheels of the car, which traumatised the driver so much that he was unable to take his foot off the brake.
Lisa Hodgkinson, a 29-year-old sales representative from Warrington, in Cheshire, UK, had left work to buy a sandwich when she saw the accident happen.
She immediately raced over to help the badly-injured schoolboy.
Jean-Luc, a pupil at Cheetwood Primary School, in Manchester, was taken to the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, where he underwent a five-hour operation.
He broke both arms, a leg and his pelvis in the accident and was given just a 30% chance of survival by doctors.
But he was discharged from hospital at the weekend and is expected to make a full recovery.
Ms Hodgkinson, who has a three-year-old son, Thomas, today said she still could not believe what she had done.
She said: “The car was on top of Jean-Luc and I somehow managed to push it off him.
“I don’t know how I found the strength. I think nature just takes over.
“He had stopped breathing, so I gave him mouth-to-mouth. I then borrowed a first-aid kit to bandage him and supported his head until the ambulance arrived.”
This is not the first time Ms Hodgkinson has given someone the kiss of life. She received a Good Citizen Award from Cheshire police last July, after resuscitating a lorry driver on the M62.
