The traffic police officer Dmitry Shpak has shielded buses with children with his own car in Nizhnevartovsk.

      He noticed a truck burning up the road towards a line of traffic and promptly reacted without a second thought: he blocked the road with his own car to prevent collision of the multiton track with the buses.

      The road accident ended up with serious bodily injuries of the police officer who was hospitalized. None of the children in buses suffered. According to physicians, the man is presently in critical but stable condition and has already recovered consciousness.

      For the heroic act Dmitry Shpak will be singled out for a state reward. The police office is preparing the appropriate documents to be sent to Moscow.