Seeing his mum collapse while driving at 60mph quick-thinking Zac Howells reached over and grabbed the wheel to steer their car to safety. The 12-year-old’s calmness prevented a potentially devastating crash and saved lives, including his and mum Nicola Crump.
For his heroic actions Zac, now 13, will receive his Child of Courage Award on stage at the Daily Mirror’s Pride of Britain Awards in partnership with P&O Cruises on Monday.
Nicola, 38, who worked in a children’s home at the time, was driving him to a Christmas market in Warwickshire from their home in Ebbw Vale last December. They were travelling at 60mph on the A40 in Herefordshire when Nicola began feeling unwell. She managed to slow the car and steer it half off the road on to a narrow verge before she passed out. Read the full story here.
Mum, Nicola Crump and her son, Zac Howells, from Ebbw Vale(Image: WalesOnline/Rob Browne)
