AN OFF-DUTY paramedic who freed herself from her own car in the wreckage to help others was described as "brilliant".

Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue deputy chief officer Nathan Travis said he would like to find the woman to thank her properly.

He and others said the unidentified paramedic managed to free herself from her own Mini, caught up in the wreckage of 33 cars on the M40.

Mr Travis, who is based at Kidlington said: "She was able to get herself out of her own car and started to help causalities. When our rescue appliances turned up she was able to tell them 'these are the people who need priority treatment'.

"For someone involved in that incident themselves to be able to act in that professional way all praise goes.
"What she did meant that we could priorities patients quicker."

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He said it would be nice to be able to identify the woman to thank her properly.

Neil Crowder, 51, from Kennington, and daughter Jemma, 30, who were also caught in the crash, said the anonymous woman was "brilliant".

Mr Crowder added: "All of the emergency services were fantastic and they were there really quick. They organised it very well."

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