A True Hero- Russian Cop Who Rams His Car Into Oncoming Vehicle to Save Children's Lives

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July 28, 2015 - On Saturday, a caravan of 9 buses was traveling back from a children's summer camp through the city of Abakan, the capital of the Khakassia Republic in southern Siberia when a copwho is now being hailed as a herodid the unthinkable.

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Aleksandr Kosolapov, a Russian police officer, was accompanying the convoy of approximately 300 children when a reckless driver in the opposite lane began to veer into the path of the kids.

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As the onrushing Toyota Caldina, which was accelerating at a dangerously high speed, inched closer across the dividing line and ultimately into the wrong lane on the Abakan-Ak-Dovurak highway, Officer Kosolapov knew he had a decision to makeand he had to make it without hesitation.

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Without regard for his own life, the 39-year-old man, who was entrusted to escort the busloads of children back home without injury, swerved his Ford Focus patrol car in-between the lead bus and the out-of-control vehicle.

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The calculated but devastating collision left both vehicles completely totaled and the officer with serious injuries.

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‘The officer quickly assessed the situation and risking his own life, he managed to prevent a head-on collision,' said Khakassian police.

"As a result of the massive collision the patrol car was literally turned into a pile of metal. According to the experts, it's a miracle the police officer is still alive."

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Officer Kosolapov is now conscious and in stable condition.

As for the five passengersone of whom was a 10-year-old boywho were inside of the crashed Toyota; they all survived the wreck and miraculously sustained only minor injuries.

None of the children aboard the buses were harmed.