Originally published July 16 on KTVB.COM .A Boise man is back home and recovering after being hit by a car while helping the victim of a hit-and-run in Meridian.
Uber driver Tom Lamp got out of his car to help a seriously injured motorcyclist when another car hit both men in late June. The motorcyclist and Lamp were both hospitalized with serious injuries, and 26-year-old Michael Green was charged with aggravated driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in an injury or death.
“I saw some lights, I heard a tire skid, and then a car was coming up the road and hit us both,” Lamp said. “It hit me first and then hit him.”
Lamp, 57, was out driving Uber when he decided to be a Good Samaritan. The accident has pumped the brakes on his job, but Lamp says he would do it again if he had to.
“You just have to be a caring person. Somebody that cares about life and cares about other people — that’s what made me get out, because I couldn’t pass somebody that was hurt on side of the road,” Lamp said. “Because all I could think is, what if that was me or somebody I love?”
Lamp is back home with his family, recovering from a broken foot. While he is out of the hospital, he has a long road to recovery.
“I have 12 weeks where I can’t put any pressure on my right foot at all,” Lamp said. “After that, it’ll just be aftercare for six months to a year before I get back to Uber — and I miss it every day.”
While Lamp recovers, a GoFundMe fundraiser has been set up to help pay for expenses until he can get from the wheelchair back into the driver’s seat.
“If that guy lived because I did that, or at least made it to the hospital because I did that — it was all worth it,” Lamp said. “And I would do it again.”
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