Observant truckie noticed tyre marks before finding injured motorist at Lower Light

A keen-eyed truckie who saved a motorist trapped in his wrecked car overnight says he is “no hero” and would have liked to have done one small thing differently.

James Rundle, 39, who came upon a car accident where a man had been trapped for hours at Lower Light. Picture: Jason Katsaras

A truckie on his last job of the day who came to the rescue of a motorist who had been trapped in his wrecked car overnight at Lower Light has said he is ‘no hero’.

James Rundle, 39, was delivering a truckload of eggs at Lower Light on Thursday when he spotted an upturned car down a steep embankment, with a man trapped inside.

After raising the alarm, Mr Rundle stayed with the injured 32 year old Klemzig man and gave him water while waiting for paramedics.

The trapped man told Paramedics he had been stuck in the vehicle overnight and was unable to call for help as his phone had been damaged in the crash.

the man is now in a serious but stable condition.

A driver who crashed down a 15m embankment at Lower Light suffered non-life threatening injuries. Picture: SA Police

A driver who crashed down a 15m embankment at Lower Light suffered non-life threatening injuries. Picture: SA Police

Mr Rundle said he had noticed tyre marks heading off the corner of Richardson Rd and due to the height of his truck, was able to spot the wreck.

“When I first saw the wreck I dropped off my load thinking it was an old crash and asked a mate in the CFS if he knew anything of it,”
“He didn’t know anything about it so I went with my gut and headed back, climbed down the river and heard the faint call for help.”

“I’m a bit peeved with myself that I didn’t stop straight away.”

Mr Rundle said the pinned crash victim became agitated trying to get out of the wreck, but having completed a first aid course, he knew not to try and free the man before paramedics arrived.

The Pinkerton Plains man who has worked at Musico Refrigerated Transport for 18 months said he held concerns for the corner of Richmond road before the incident.

“I’ve always gone around that corner and thought to myself, someone’s gonna go over this one day.”

“It needs a barrier or even those visual corner arrows because there‘s nothing there, and such a steep drop off.”

James Rundle, 39, who came upon a car accident where a man had been trapped for hours at Lower Light. Picture: Jason Katsaras

As for his conduct, Mr Rundle says he is no hero for his actions which may have saved the mans life.

“I don’t consider myself a hero, I’m just a person who does my job everyday and keeps an eye out for things like that, this stuff happens and you’ve just got to keep your wits about yourself.”

“You’ve got to keep yourself a broad horizon and have a look at everything around you not just straight ahead.”