Kind Stranger Stays With Teen In Car Accident Until Help Arrives

This incident took place on a busy highway and could have ended much worse. However, there was a kind stranger on hand who was able to comfort a teen from a tragic disaster.

According to KATV, the teen driver was in the midst of a car crash with an 18 wheeler and things were looking grim for the youngster.

Harvey Shelton was hours away from graduating from high school when he was involved in this accident, which occurred in North Little Rock, Arkansas, not too far from the Military Drive exit. He was on his way home at the time.

“I was driving on my way home, coming from my family that visited me to come congratulate me on graduating,” Shelton said, according to KHQA. “I was driving behind this white Jeep. They had swerved out of the lane at the last moment. I saw a semi-truck with caution lights on. I tried to get out of the way and couldn’t get out of the way in time.” He ended up pinned beneath the truck and the car was mostly crushed in the process.

Fortunately, Harvey was able to stay calm and he credits the kind stranger for that. “He said he was scared, couldn’t breathe, holding his hands out the window asking for help,” Harvey’s stepmother Mauzie Shelton adds. “And out of nowhere a voice said ‘I got you, and will wait with you till help arrives’ and you held his hand, keeping him calm.”

“He grabbed my hand and said ‘I am here. I am going to stay here until the fire department gets here.’ He just kept saying, ‘I am here. I am praying for you. They will be here soon,'” Harvey continued. He was then rushed to the hospital, so that he could get stitches for a massive gash in his leg.

His mother went on Facebook to search for the kind stranger who’d stayed with her son.

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“Darrell is a white man, mid-late 40 to early 50s, with reddish hair, wearing a blue company shirt, name outlined in red,” she wrote in a Facebook post. “Our son Harvey and we would like to thank you for your unconditional compassion,” she said, in part.

They were able to locate Darrell and he was present for the graduation ceremony. Maumelle High School was happy to recreate the ceremony for Harvey and his buddy, who remained by his side at the hospital.