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Citizen quick to help heart attack victim on Harvey Road

Firefighters and medics on scene at Harvey Avenue and Spall Road earlier Monday morning to help a driver who suffered a heart attack. Danny Seymour / Global News

On Monday morning a man appeared to be suffering a heart attack while driving on Harvey Avenue near Spall Road.

Another motorist saw what happened, pulled the man from his car and started CPR.

“It’s a great job on his part,” Kelowna Fire Captain Doug Shaw said of the man who began first aid.

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The incident stopped traffic in both directions for nearly 45 minutes as emergency crews tended to the man.

The man’s condition is still not known.

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