It sounds like something straight out of a Bruce Willis flick.

On May 25 at around 3:17 p.m., a man suffered "some sort of medical distress" on Highway 417 going eastbound near Woodroffe Ave., when a "Good Samaritan" stepped up.

A woman who saw the man's van hit the centre concrete median and continue to bounce off the block, drove her vehicle in front of the van to slow it down.

"She gets her vehicle in front and brings both vehicles to a stop," said Cst. John Armit, adding her car suffered minor damage in the process.

Neither driver had anyone else in their vehicles.

Luckily an off-duty paramedic also saw what happened and stopped to provide medical assistance.

The driver of the van was taken to an Ottawa area hospital for medical treatment but since then he's been released.

Police say the woman isn't going public with the story because she's still "emotional" from the whole ordeal.

"She's pretty humbled by the attention that she's getting," said Armit.

"Just the fact that she put herself in jeopardy and has to suffer the repercussions."

Armit said the OPP reached out to the woman and thanked her.

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