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A 13-year-old schoolboy averted tragedy by steering a car on to the hard shoulder of the M4 after his mum fainted behind the wheel.<\/p>
Hari, from near Cardigan in Ceredigion, grabbed the wheel after his mum, Catrin, fell ill near junction 47 of the motorway about two weeks ago.<\/p>
Hari and his friend Dylan were being driven home from Swansea City\u2019s football academy.<\/p>
The boys\u2019 head teacher, Carwen Morgan-Davies, said they were both \u201cheroes\u201d.<\/p>
Hari\u2019s mother was taken to Morriston Hospital in Swansea and has since recovered.<\/p>
He said his mother passed out \u201call of a sudden\u201d while she was driving.<\/p>
\u201cI took over the steering wheel and I put her on to the hard shoulder and we drove about a mile down the M4,\u201d he said.<\/p>
\u201cDylan told me to put the hazard lights on when we were coming to a stop, Dylan said to put the handbrake on.\u201d<\/p>
When asked how he knew how to drive his Mum\u2019s car Hari said: \u201cI don\u2019t know, I was thinking about what my uncle said on the farm.\u201d<\/p>
When the car came to a halt he got out of the car to flag down help, where Dylan called Hari\u2019s father.<\/p>
\u201cIt could have been an accident because we were on a slip road going off to a different junction,\u201d said Hari.<\/p>
Dylan 12, from Aberporth, travels with Hari to the Swans Academy as often as five times a week, shouted instructions from the rear of the vehicle.<\/p>
\u201cHari grabbed it (the wheel) really quickly, to be fair to him,\u201d he said.<\/p>
\u201cHe got to the hard shoulder. I was shocked and so was Hari. Everybody in school has been asking us what happened.\u201d<\/p>
Mr Morgan-Davies, the school\u2019s temporary head teacher, said: \u201cThey are stars on the football field and heroes in this situation.<\/p>
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