A woman trapped inside her car for three days wanted to cut her leg off before a teenage boy rescued her.
Debbie McKnight, 45, crashed her car on Christmas Day while driving home from a family get-together in southern NSW.
Her Commodore plunged 15 metres down an embankment next to Wondalga Road, near Batlow.
It came to rest on its roof with Ms McKnight’s leg trapped underneath.
Luckily, local youth Caleb Wilks was walking through the remote area to feed a dog at a nearby property.
He heard Ms McKnight’s screams for help on Wednesday night and comforted her before paramedics arrived.
“He’s called triple zero. He’s indicated to the woman that help was coming, and he’s stayed up on the road so that we could see him,” Sergeant Brian Hammond said.
“Otherwise we wouldn’t have found the car.
“He’s been very mature. His parents are very proud of him, and she’s been very lucky that he walked by.”
Ms McKnight had reportedly veered to avoid a kangaroo before the accident.
“She was so desperate she was actually going to cut off her leg herself but she couldn’t find anything sharp enough.”
The woman, from Tumut, was flown to Canberra Hospital where her leg was amputated.
She is listed in a stable condition and her family is by her side.
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