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[Video] Car stops in the middle of an eight-lane road; police officer leaps over median barrier to save driver in cardiac arrest [Thank You, Empty Stomach]

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2026-10-30 14:11:38
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2026-10-30 14:11:38
At around 3 p.m. on the 11th, A, who was driving on an eight-lane, two-way road in Jungnang-gu, Seoul, suddenly suffered cardiac arrest and lost consciousness. The car stopped in the middle of the road. A police officer with the Metropolitan Preventive Patrol Unit, who spotted the car, is seen rushing over, pulling A from the driver’s seat and performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)./Photo provided by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, News 1

A police officer with the Metropolitan Preventive Patrol Unit is seen leaping over the median barrier to reach the driver after sensing an emergency./Video provided by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, News 1

[Financial News] It has emerged belatedly that a police officer who found a driver unconscious after suffering cardiac arrest while driving in the middle of an eight-lane, two-way road in Seoul leapt over the median barrier and saved a precious life with CPR.
According to News 1 on the 30th, at around 3 p.m. on the 11th, A, who was driving in the second lane of an eight-lane, two-way road in Jungnang-gu, Seoul, suddenly suffered cardiac arrest and lost consciousness. The car suddenly reversed and came to a stop in the middle of the road.
At the time, a police officer with the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s Metropolitan Preventive Patrol Unit was patrolling the lanes in the opposite direction when the officer spotted the car and sensed an emergency. The officer immediately leapt over the median barrier and ran to the vehicle. A was unconscious and unable to breathe properly.
The officer pulled A from the driver’s seat and immediately began CPR. Fortunately, A regained consciousness during CPR.
The officer called 119 and monitored A’s condition while receiving first-aid instructions in real time.
By the time the 119 ambulance crew arrived, A had recovered enough to sit up without assistance.
A reportedly received treatment at a hospital, recovered and was safely discharged.
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