Standing ovation for San Diego UPS driver Derrick West for doing some hero work!

He is the UPS driver whose quick actions likely saved the life of a man critically injured in a crash last week on San Vicente Road 

75-year-old James Ostermann had been driving his golf cart when the California Highway Patrol says it collided head-on with a truck.

Soon after, a UPS truck with two people inside, delivery driver Derrick West at the wheel, drove past the scene. On the ground was Ostermann, a grandfather and Air Force veteran, was surrounded by a lot of blood. Three people stood nearby.

Two ladies yelled, ‘He's bleeding out. We need to stop the bleeding,’” West said.

"Instinctively, I just started taking off my belt," West said, and applied a tourniquet to Ostermann's leg for several minutes before emergency crews arrived, and he was airlifted to a hospital.

Ostermann has since undergone four surgeries. His femoral artery was damaged, and he suffered fractures throughout his body, including his leg, pelvis, and ribs. He is now in stable condition.

Doctors said West had been five minutes from dying of blood loss.

The CHP says no arrests have been made. The other driver wasn't injured, and the investigation is ongoing.

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 https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/ups-driver-saves-grandfathers-life-after-golf-cart-crash-in-ramona