By Leila Merrill
FireRescue1/SA国际传媒
GILBERT, Ariz. 鈥� Gilbert Fire and Rescue Firefighter-paramedic Josh Milne made a risky split-second decision right after work Tuesday afternoon that likely saved lives, .
Milne had finished a day of live training at the Gilbert Public Safety Training Facility and was driving home for a wedding anniversary dinner.
鈥淚 was alerted by a passerby with his horn that something was going on,鈥� he said.
Then he saw why the person had been using the horn.
鈥淚 could see a woman having a medical emergency. She was unconscious. She was driving her vehicle, weaving in and out of traffic and she was out of control,鈥� Milne said.
Milne used his Gilbert Fire duty truck to position himself and the vehicle so the woman鈥檚 car would hit the truck.
鈥淗ad I not, she was possibly going to go off the road, hit another car, another person, or worse,鈥� he said. 鈥淭here鈥檚 an embankment and railroad tracks that she could have gone over.鈥�
Milne was not injured in the crash.
The driver whose horn use got Milne鈥檚 attention called 911.
Other first responders, who were at the training facility, responded to treat the woman. She was transported to a hospital.