California man praises son for saving his life after terrifying truck incident

While speaking to, an NBC affiliate, Matthew Wilkinson said that a normal Monday night turned deadly after he decided to fix the breaks on his truck.

The father enlisted the help of his 15-year-old son, Dalin. Even though they have worked on the vehicle many times before, Wilkinson noticed that something was wrong this time: the rotor was stuck. “I couldn’t get a good angle, so I slid my body underneath the truck and was hitting it,” he told KCRA. “The second it popped off, the truck fell."

"I know it rolled forward because I saw it roll forward and it fell right on top of me. All I could think about was the breath coming out of me," Wilkinson continued."I was just squished. I couldn’t talk. I couldn’t yell.”The security cameras from Wilkinson's home captured the entire incident, which left Wilkinson with a punctured lung, broken ribs and a separated shoulder.

“It just dropped right on him. I was scared," Dalin recalled to KCRA."I heard him make a noise like his soul was leaving his body. It was crazy."“I just ran over and tried as hard as I could to get it up enough to get him out," said the high school freshman.After being rushed to the hospital, Wilkinson didn't know what happened until he looked at the security camera placed outside his home. That was when he realized that he owed his life to Dalin.

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