Medical student praised by emergency services following car crash.
A north-east medical student has been praised by fire and police services for rushing to the aid of victims of a car crash.
Aberdeen University student Joshua Michie, who is also a volunteer Special Constable with Police Scotland, helped provide assistance to a man trapped in the wreckage of a car whilst they waited for emergency services to arrive.
Mr Michie’s help was officially recognised by the fire brigade involved in the rescue and they have written to his Inspector at Police Scotland praising his “prompt actions”.
The accident happened as Joshua was heading back home to his family home in Morpeth, Northumberland, for the Christmas break and came across a two car accident that had happened just moments before he arrived.
Grabbing his Police ‘high-vis’ jacket from his boot for his own safety, Joshua quickly found himself in charge of the situation.
Joshua instructed another bystander to fetch the First Aid kit from his car and he instructed someone else to support the driver’s neck allowing Joshua to liaise with fire crews who had just arrived.
He added: “I explained what had happened and told them that in my opinion, which I stressed was that of a medical student – not a doctor, was that they would need to cut the roof off the car to safely remove the driver.
The driver was cut free and taken to hospital for treatment.
Inspector Darren Bruce from Mr Michie’s police unit said: “Joshua is an absolute credit to the Medical Profession and a great example, in my professional experience, of the good doctors we have in the North East.”
