Olympic Torch Relay Runner Lucy Gale at Aysgarth Falls on Wednesday 2oth June, 2012, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, UK
"A crash between two cars on a level crossing would have led to certain disaster, but for superwoman Lucy Gale. The taxi driver risked her life by dashing into the path of a speeding train to save two terrified motorists. And her swift action meant that a catastrophic rail crash was averted. Lucy, 33, was taking a passenger home from the airport when she came across the scene at the level crossing at Hensall Station, near Goole, in Yorkshire. The drivers of the two cars were trapped as a fully-laden 22-wagon goods train hurtled towards them. Without thinking of her own safety, Lucy first ran to rescue the elderly female driver of one of the cars, which was straddling the tracks, dragging the dazed woman clear. “I could tell she was in a state of shock and I just wanted to make her safe immediately. So I undid her seatbelt and pulled her away,” recalls Lucy."
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Location: Aysgarth, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire Dales, UK
Photo credit: © Mar Photographics / Alamy / Afripics
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