A Turkish paramedic’s phenomenal driving skills have won him legions of online fans who lap up videos showing him cutting through busy traffic to attend emergencies.
Footage from Necmettin Guntekin’s ambulance shows him weaving between cars in Istanbul to rush to the aid of a three-year-old child who had swallowed a small ball.
The footage, shared on TikTok on January 13, has been watched more than 21 million times with thousands of viewers liking and praising Guntekin’s cool head and quick reflexes.
© Provided by Daily Mail Paramedic Necmettin Guntekin, left, and his colleague raced through Istanbul to reach a three-year-old boy who swallowed a small ball © Provided by Daily Mail Guntekin shared footage of the emergency call on his TikTok page where it has been viewed more than 21 million times
The footage shows how Guntekin squeezed his ambulance through narrow gaps between cars and trucks on the highway so he could reach the child as soon as possible.
Steering with this left hand, he held a handset in his right, which he also used to change gear.
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The ambulance service feared that the child was choking after swallowing the ball.
Commenting on the footage, Guntekin said: ‘Our team was assigned to the case and the traffic density was quite high, so I showed such a driving performance to reach the case as soon as possible.’
He added: ‘Speed always calls for danger. In the nature of our profession, there is speed, coolness, control.’ He also stressed that civilian drivers should follow the rules of the road.
More than 7,200 people have commented on the footage – which had been sped up on TikTok.
Many praised the paramedic’s skills at the wheel, while others questioned why the other drivers failed to move out of the way for the ambulance.
Guntekin later confirmed that the child was ok, saying: ‘We are trying to reach the patient, we caught up and saved him.’
Other footage shows him attending other emergency callouts while driving under blue lights.
But he also shows the advanced training and vehicle maintenance that are part and parcel of his job as a paramedic.
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