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A former fire department spokesman says he and his family are “forever indebted” to an anonymous Good Samaritan whose quick thinking might have saved his son’s life on the Queensway.

Marc Messier said Friday evening that he received a call on Monday from his son’s employer, a medical supply company, that Messier’s son, also named Marc, had been in a crash two hours’ earlier and was in hospital.

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“You always expect the worse,” Messier, who’s now a fire prevention officer, told the Citizen.

He said his son, 26, was driving a company van at around 3:15 p.m. on the eastbound Highway 417 near Woodroffe Avenue when he lost consciousness and hit the centre median.

His truck slowed, but continued to bounce off the median. That’s when a woman in her 20s, who has told police she wants to remain anonymous, drove in front of the van and let it hit her, bringing it to a safe stop.

She then jumped from her car to offer assistance, along with an off-duty paramedic, who was able to provide medical assistance.