Dee Patel has been declared as one of the winners of the Pride of Britain awards 2015.
The winners that range in age from eight to 94 all have one thing in common, they have gone above and beyond to help others.
Their achievements will be celebrated at a special awards ceremony in London attended by television and music celebrities, sports stars and top politicians.
When a driver collapsed at the wheel, Dee Patel prevented a potentially fatal high-speed motorway pile-up. The 49-year-old was on his way to a delivery job on the M25 when he spotted an out-of-control car that swerved into the central reservation and bounced off the barrier before veering back onto the carriageway at 70mph. Dee accelerated and caught up with the car so he could attempt to stop it. He managed to push it against the crash barrier and it finally stopped.
Patel reportedly said, “My heart was in my mouth. I didn’t know if I’d done right or wrong.”
Among the winners is also Peter Fuller, who stopped a man with a machete from murdering Dr Sarandev Bhambra, in a racist attack in a supermarket. He saw a man covered in blood and another man hitting him with a hammer and machete.
Peter managed to get neo-Nazi Zack Davies to lay down his weapons and keep him calm before the police arrived.
