Five-Year-Old Girl Saves Family's Life By Unhooking Car Seat and Going for Help

Metro News is reporting that a five-year-old Canadian girl saved the life of her mother and four-month-old baby brother after a harrowing car crash.

The girl's mother, Angela Shymanski, and her two children were driving near the Calgary area on June 8 when she fell asleep behind the wheel. Their SUV traveled down a 12-meter steep embankment and crashed into a tree. Angela was knocked unconscious, suffering a broken back and internal injuries. The girl, Lexi, woke up when she heard her baby brother crying.


From Metro News:

Angela said she was knocked unconscious and suffered a broken back and internal injuries. Her daughter Lexi woke up to her baby brother's cries, and somehow knew she needed to get help.The little girl managed to unclip the five-point harness on her car seat, which was lodged up against the seat ahead of her, open the smashed car's passenger door, and climb up the embankment's steep and rugged terrain without any shoes.Once at the top, Lexi managed to flag down a vehicle and tell the driver what had happened."It's crazy," Angela told Metro. "I only can remember one or two times where she got out of her five-point harness previously. She somehow got out, adrenaline or whatever, and barefoot hiked up the embankment."