Hey, Joe Girardi, you just managed the New York Yankees to their 27th World Championship ?
New York (CNN) — It was a busy night for New York Yankees Manager Joe Girardi — not only did he lead his team to the World Series championship, but on his way home, he also helped the victim of a car accident get out of harm’s way.
According to Jason Zillo, spokesman for the Yankees, Girardi was heading home after his team’s World Series win and celebration Wednesday night when he spotted a car that had crashed along a busy, curving stretch of highway on the outskirts of New York near the suburb of New Rochelle.
The car was jutting into traffic. Girardi immediately stopped to check on the driver and help her out of the car, Zillo said.
“He wanted to make sure that if someone was in the car they were OK,” Zillo said. “And then he wanted to help her get away from a dangerous position in the highway.”
Zillo said police officers arrived at the scene of the accident moments later.
According to CNN affiliate WABC, the accident happened around 2:25 a.m. on the eastbound lanes of the Cross County Parkway at the Hutchinson River Parkway, when a woman lost control of her car along a long blind curve and crashed into a wall.
Marie Henry, 27, of Stratford, Connecticut, said Girardi sprinted across three lanes of traffic to come to her aid.
“She had no idea who I was,” Girardi said in a radio interview Thursday.
Dude. Nicely done.
