Dad saves son as car crashes into Colorado donut shop

Father saves son from car slamming through Aurora donut shop

Allan Taylor and his 4-year-old son Zane

AURORA, Colo. — A driver slammed a car into a donut shop in Aurora over the weekend, narrowly missing a 4-year-old child. The boy and his heroic dad who saved his life.

Big glazed donuts with icing and sprinkles bring Allan Taylor and his 4-year-son Zane back through the door at City Donuts bi-weekly.

“We come here every other Saturday and Sunday, it’s our ritual over the last two years,” Taylor said.

However, this Saturday, their donut run turned into a near-death experience. A shocking surveillance video captures the moments Allen quickly turned into his son’s superhero.

“[I] was paying and doing what I always do — I glance at him, make sure he’s fine, and I glanced to look at him and I saw the car coming through the door,” Taylor said. “It was hitting me as I was grabbing him.”

A video from a different angle shows Taylor darting toward Zane, grabbing him, and then pulling him out of the path of the oncoming vehicle. The video also shows the worker behind the counter grabbing her head in her hands and dashing backward just as the car hits the doughnut display and comes to a stop. The person who was behind the steering wheel is then seen fleeing the car.

Taylor said his sports skills as a former football player were put to the test in the ultimate parenting moment.

“You have to just always keep your head on a swivel when you have your kids,” Taylor said. “You just never know. It takes one second between life or death so always keep them at an arm’s length.”

Caught on Camera: Dad saves son from car crashing into donut shop

Aurora Police say the driver of a stolen car ran a red light near Sixth Avenue and Peoria Street, hit another car, and then crashed into the donut shop. The driver took off and police are now asking the community for help locating them.

Zane had a message for the driver of the stolen car who almost killed him and his dad and then took off.

“I’m not going to invite him to my birthday,” Zane said, “because he’s mean.”

City Donuts is offering Zane a free doughnut every Saturday for the rest of his life.

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