Jack Turner saved a driver having a seizure in Stockton after learning first aid just days earlier (Picture: Evening Gazette)

A driver foaming at the mouth while sitting behind the wheel had his life saved by a passing cyclist who had learnt first aid just days earlier.

Jack Turner, 21, sprang into action when he saw the driver having a seizure in a long line of traffic.

He first noticed the van moving slowly in along Haverton Hill Road in Stockton, County Durham.

The driver was indicating but not turning and other motorists were furiously beeping their horns and shouting.


‘I thought “there’s something wrong”,’ said Jack.

‘The driver’s head was “bobbing”, he was foaming at the mouth and moving backward and forward.’

Jack Turner, 21, saved a driver with first aid skills from his training to work with wind turbines (Picture: Evening Gazette)

He dropped his bike at the roadside, raced round to the driver’s side, opened the door of the moving vehicle and quickly turned off the ignition.



Then he dialled 999, got the man out and checked his vital signs.

‘I knew I needed to remove him from danger, I didn’t want him crashing into anyone else,’ he said.

‘The van could have gone over to the opposite side of the road and into oncoming traffic, or hit a pedestrian or another cyclist.

‘I removed his glasses in case he smashed his face because he didn’t know what was happening, and I got him in the recovery position.

The 21-year-old was cycling along Haverton Hill Road in Stockton when he noticed the van moving slowly at the front of a long line of traffic. (Picture: Evening Gazette)

‘The ambulance came within minutes.

‘I just told him not to worry, the ambulance was coming soon and I was there for him.

‘I’m just glad I was able to help him and possibly save other people.’

Jack had been learning first aid at Haverton Hill’s RelyOn Nutec as part of training to work in the maintenance, operations and installation of both onshore and offshore turbines.

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