Overview
- Ludovic Alard, honored Sunday in Cahors, received a letter of congratulations from Colonel Jean‑François Galtier for his off‑duty rescue.
- In October 2025, a heavy truck hit Camille Guidoux’s stalled car on the A20 near Lamagdelaine and left her with a brain injury, fractures, and internal wounds.
- Alard blocked traffic, called for help, and stopped a major thigh bleed with another motorist’s aid while keeping her awake until crews arrived.
- Doctors later judged that she probably would not have lived without those first minutes of care, and after months of rehab she now walks and has thanked him in person.
- Twelve firefighters then took over and moved her to hospital in a coordinated response that officials and reporters point to as a case study in the value of first‑aid training and formal recognition for volunteers.