A 2-year-old girl was saved by a sharp-eyed hero policeman who spotted her walking across a busy Auckland arterial road a week ago.
Constable James Montgomery, who was reluctant to take credit for the rescue, had been driving towards Great North Rd in the afternoon on June 21 when he saw the toddler step into the opposite lane of Avondale's busy Rosebank Rd.
"The child was on my right and had wandered into the opposing lane," he told Fairfax, describing how an oncoming red Holden was bearing down at the child just as he saw her.
The car managed to stop just in time, with the 2-year-old continuing her jaunt across the road, unaware of the danger she was in.
Montgomery stopped his car across the road to block the traffic, put on his flashing lights and dashed to scoop up the child.