RICHMOND (NEWS 1130) – Several bystanders leapt into action to pull a mother and three girls out of a flipped truck on No.3 Rd. Tuesday afternoon.

Herjit Sarai had just left Richmond Centre with her husband when they heard a loud crunch at around 1 p.m. They ran towards the sound, and saw a Range Rover lying on its side.

“It had hit one of the lamp posts, and hit a tree as well… there was gas leaking out of it and it was smoking up,” she says.

Sarai’s husband and some other men worked to remove the truck’s sunroof and pull two of the girls out.

“The third one was a little bit harder, she had to have her seatbelt cut,” she says. “It didn’t look like they were injured much, so thank God for that.”

Paramedics and fire trucks arrived at the scene a few minutes later, and the injured parties were hospitalized.

The area of No.3 Rd and Park Rd. was closed to traffic for several hours, but has since reopened.

Editor’s note: A photo taken in the aftermath of the crash previously published with this story has been removed. We acknowledge using this image was not the right thing to do, and we apologize to the victims and anyone who was offended by it. We will strive to do better.