Danny Trejo Saved A Special-Needs Child Trapped Inside Car After Accident

Actor, hero Danny Trejo saved a life this week.

According to ABC7, the Machete actor helped rescue a child with special needs trapped inside a vehicle that was flipped over during a car accident in Los Angeles this Wednesday (August 7). The boy and his grandmother were supposedly driving in the Sylmar district before another driver smashed into them after running a red light, causing their vehicle to flip over and land on its roof. That's when the 75-year-old and another young woman rushed to help, successfully removing the child from his car seat and carrying him to safety.

As firefighters worked to free the child's grandmother, the film star, who has experience with special-needs children, said he tried to distract the boy from the scene of the incident. "He was panicked," Trejo explained. "I said 'OK we have to use our superpowers.' So he screamed 'superpowers' and we started yelling 'superpowers!' I said do this, with the muscles. He said 'muscles.'" He added: "We got kind of a bond. I kept facing him away from the accident."

The Los Angeles Fire Department transported three people to a hospital, but ABC7 reports there were no life-threatening injuries.

To offer advice for parents and motorists alike, Trejo said, "Pay attention. The only thing that saved that little kid was his car seat, honest to God."

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