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Good Samaritan rushed to hospital after being hit while helping a stranded driver

Emergency workers at the scene tell KHOU 11 News the man was helping to push a broken down car out of the road when another car slammed into the back of them.

HOUSTON — A Good Samaritan who stopped to help a stranded driver was rushed to the hospital after he was pinned between two cars.

The crash happened on Aldine Westfield Road just after 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Emergency workers at the scene tell KHOU 11 News the man was helping to push a broken down car out of the road when another car slammed into the back of them.

The man was trapped in the middle, and rescuers say he has severe injuries to both legs.

The southbound lanes of Aldine Westfield Road were closed, just south of FM 1960, as crash investigators from the Harris County Sheriff's Office worked the crash.

It has since reopened.

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