Moment heroic grandmother pushes seven-year-old out of the path of speeding driver: 'Nana saved me'

A grandma heroically saved her seven-year-old granddaughter from being deed by a speeding driver successful Massachusetts by pushing her retired of nan way. 

Louise Ward, 69, of Stoneham, and her granddaughter Riley were crossing nan thoroughfare astir 8:45pm connected Saturday pinch nan family canine erstwhile she noticed a car plowing toward them. 

Screaming, she pushed nan small woman and nan canine to information earlier she was deed by nan metallic car, which fled nan scene, according to WCVB. 

'She's retired for a nighttime locomotion pinch her granddaughter and their canine and personification conscionable runs them down successful nan sidewalk and doesn't care,' her daughter, Erin Dirks, told WCVB. 

'I've heard nan audio signaling of nan incident. You cognize that you've deed somebody.' 

Surveillance footage shows nan infinitesimal nan grandma and granddaughter were quickly crossing nan roadworthy arsenic nan metallic car quickly comes their way, hitting Ward successful nan crosswalk. 

Riley is now crediting her grandma for redeeming her and nan dog's life. 

'She pushed maine truthful I could get backmost to wherever nan cars couldn't deed maine connected nan path,' she told WCVB. 'I didn't get hit, but my nana did.'

After nan hit-and-run, Riley began screaming and raising her hands for thief until personification 'pulled complete and helped me,' she told nan outlet. 

Ward was taken to nan infirmary pinch aggregate bony fractures, but will make a afloat recovery. 

Dirks is now encouraging anyone pinch accusation connected nan driver to travel guardant aliases for them to move themselves in. 

'Look wrong and conscionable really bespeak and return nan opportunity to do nan correct point now. Turn yourself in. You are going to beryllium found. There's footage everywhere,' she told WCVB. 

Detective Sergeant Chris Dalis told DailyMail.com that 'still reviewing video from surrounding streets/homes and businesses but haven’t had immoderate luck truthful far' and location is 'no caller info unfortunately.'