In Amazing Video Footage, Father Andrew Leach Protects Baby Son from Runaway Car Crash

When a car plowed into Andrew Leach's family, the father held his baby son Haydn out of harm's way, as shown in an amazing video.

By Kathryn Hawkins. Posted on May 12 2010

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In 2008, Andrew Leach was out for a walk in Penrith, Australia with his baby in his arms and his elderly parents by his side when he heard a car’s tires screech.

“I said to my old man that it was probably just another young pup doing a burn-out,” Leach told Sky News. “My old man joked about it and turned around to me, and then I turned around and the car was on top of me.”

Leach didn’t have time to think. He simply acted on instinct, clinging desperately to his infant son Haydn, absorbing the blow on his own.

The driver of the car was an 82-year-old woman having a heart attack. The vehicle plowed into both Leach and his parents, knocking them unconscious. His parents spent months recuperating from their injuries, but have made a full recovery. Leach suffered a broken leg from the impact. But amazingly, thanks to Leach’s tight grip, the young baby was completely unharmed.

Michael Ball, a real estate agent who witnessed the crash from nearby, was amazed by the father’s instinctive drive to protect his child.

“The whole time he kept his child in his hands and he did not let go,” he said.

Check out the amazing video.

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