Texas: Dispatcher Warning Helps Family on Highway Shoulder Dodge Crashing SUV

Seven people on their way to church recently avoided a potentially deadly crash, thanks to the combined efforts of a thoughtful stranger, emergency dispatchers and a roadside assistance worker. "If not for them, maybe it'd be a different story," Vivian Ikpefua, the owner of the car, told ABC News today.

"If not for them, maybe it'd be a different story," Vivian Ikpefua, the owner of the car, told ABC News today.

On Sunday, Ikpefua was traveling with six others when the car they were in got a flat tire. James Richards, a roadside assistance worker, was stopped on the shoulder of the Westpark Tollway in southwest Houston to help them when he got a call from the Harris County Toll Road Authority Incident Response Command.

"Be advised, sir," the dispatcher said. "There's a vehicle approaching you that is swerving all over the lane. ... He is about to get on the shoulder. You need to steer clear of the lane."