PHOENIX — The Monday afternoon commute turned into a scary situation for drivers on the I-10 when a driver having a medical emergency hit the median before swerving into traffic.
Thankfully, two good Samaritans driving behind him saw it all and quickly jumped in to help.
“I feel like I got hit with a semi truck," said Taylor Bellamy.
Bellamy is back home in Duncan, Arizona, resting up after a terrifying moment on the interstate.
“I started feeling real funny and my arms and legs started getting real heavy. I thought I was going to have a panic attack and then, I don’t remember anything,” Bellamy said.
Behind him, Chris Eribl and Yakir Cobb watched as Bellamy's work truck smacked the median before slowly coming to a stop in the middle of I-10. Cobb captured those scary moments on his phone.
“He hits it like two or three times and he swerves into traffic and we slow down. We pull up right next to him and he’s seizing up, like he’s shaking in his car," Eribl said.
“Automatically, me and Chris knew we got to get out and help that man," Cobb said.
When they pulled up next to Bellamy's work truck, Cobb dropped his phone and they both hopped out onto the interstate.
“Chris automatically got out, like he jumped out, got to the car, put his car in park because the car was still in gear. Remember this. My man Chris could have got hit, he was seizing so his leg could have accidentally hit the gas,” Cobb said.
Eribl said his mom is a nurse so he knew what to do. He said he quickly got Bellamy out of the car and onto his side, holding his head while they waited for first responders to arrive.
“It wasn’t until after I got to the hospital that I learned about the two guys who pulled over and helped me out of my truck and called the ambulance," Bellamy said.
Bellamy said he's now recovering from what he learned was a grand mal seizure and is waiting for test results to come back from the hospital that will hopefully shed light on why this happened to him.
For now, he's resting up at home with family for a few days before he'll return to work, feeling grateful for the first responders that reached him quickly and for Cobb and Eribl's quick actions that helped save his life.
“Them putting themselves in risk like that and you watch the video, you can see them hurrying to my door trying to get in there and everything. I’m extremely grateful to them for that," Bellamy said. "It’s amazing."
Both say they're happy they were there to help.
“It’s crazy that we were there at the right time but yeah, I’m glad we helped him, I’m glad he’s good," Cobb said.
“I think anybody would have, like, if they’d really paid attention to what was going on,” Eribl said.
“Horrible situation but it was the best outcome I could think of for it,” Bellamy said. “Forever grateful for them."