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Man rams his Kia into a runaway SUV on I-5 to save a mother and child

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Paul Jackson of Roy, Washington deliberately rammed his Kia Forte into a runaway SUV on Interstate 5 near Fife to stop it after the driver lost consciousness, saving an unconscious mother and her terrified young child in the back seat from a multi-car pileup.

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