A 15-year-old is being hailed as a hero after lifting a truck that had fallen on his father's chest.

The brakes on the truck that Matthew Wilkinson uses for work needed immediate repair last Monday and, fortunately, his son had come out to the garage and agreed to help his dad.

As Mr. Wilkinson tried to take off the rotor, he found it was stuck and needed a better angle for leverage, so he slid his body underneath the truck

"The second it popped off, the truck fell," he told KCRA news. "All I could think about was the breath coming out of me. I was just squished. I couldn't talk. I couldn't yell."

Dalin Wilkinson, a freshman in high school, told the news team it was "crazy" scary.

"I heard him make a noise like his soul was leaving his body."

Dalin tried as hard as he could to lift it just enough to get him out-and the adrenaline of the moment helped him succeed.

While the Oakdale, California dad was in the hospital being treated for a punctured lung and broken ribs, he couldn't figure out how he was able to get free-until he later checked the surveillance camera.

The family's home security system captured the moment Dalin had lifted the truck enough for his father to roll out.

"My son is my hero. He saved my life."

Watch the scene in the KCRA news report below…

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