Sunrise presenter Nat Barr surprises professional with extraordinary offer on live television

Sunrise presenter Natalie Barr has offered a lorry driver a job as a TV reporter after she told of the moment he jumped into the vehicle to stop a tradesman who was attacking a driver with a metal pole following a multi-vehicle crash.

Brisbane truck driver Stephen Pastor was standing at traffic lights at the intersection of Hellawell and Beaudesert Road between Acacia Ridge and Sunnybank Hills in the city’s south on Monday morning.

Mr Pastor, who has been a truck driver for eight years, explained that what happened next was “the craziest thing he had ever seen”.

The footage, which he shared with Dashcam Owners Australia, showed a blue Mazda hatchback driving through the intersection at high speed.

The traffic lights were red for 17 seconds before the Mazda veered into the flow of traffic and collided with a white Toyota hatchback.

The Toyota spun 360 degrees and then collided with a red Mazda SUV in the adjacent lane.

All three cars came to a stop in the middle of the intersection.

A shocked Mr Pastor can be heard shouting “holy f**” before jumping out of his truck and rushing to the Toyota driver’s aid, while calling emergency services.

Nat Barr jokingly offered truck driver Stephen Pastor a job as a reporter for Sunrise after he gave a detailed and eloquent account of a multi-vehicle crash in Sunnybank, Brisbane

Mr Pastor’s dashcam footage captured the moment a blue Mazda hatchback raced through a red light and onto the road (photo)

Barr was impressed with Mr. Pastor’s eloquent and detailed description of the incident.

“Okay Stephen, what a shocking event to see. If you need a job as a reporter, you can join Sunrise, okay?” Barr said.

Mr. Pastor replied with a smile, “You have my information, Nat!”

Mr. Pastor told Barr he was surprised no one was killed or seriously injured in the multi-vehicle crash.

‘She [the Toyota driver] “We were very lucky to escape with just minor injuries,” said Mr Pastor.

“If she had been there a few seconds earlier, you can see through the vision right in front of you that she would have been standing there on the driver’s side door a T-bone square and fair. It’s horrible to see.”

Mr. Pastor’s quick action and heroic actions after the crash prevented a fight between the driver who caused the crash and an angry tradesman who also witnessed the crash.

The driver crashes into a white Toyota hatchback, which does a 360-degree spin before hitting a red Mazda SUV in the adjacent lane (pictured)

Mr. Pastor said he saw a craftsman running with a metal pole toward the Mazda driver, who was running away from the scene.

“I kind of overstepped the mark,” Mr. Pastor said. “He [tradie] lifted it up to his [blue Mazda driver] head.

‘I grabbed him by the shirt and said, “Buddy, it’s not worth it. Let the police sort it out.” He looked up at me, shook his head and said, “Yeah, I guess you’re right.”‘

Mr Pastor described the incident as “confrontational” and said he was glad the interaction between the tradesman and the driver “didn’t go any further”.

The tradesman wielding the pole claimed that the driver of the car had rammed his car at a nearby convenience store before the collision at the intersection.

Barr asked Pastor if the professional was “taking the law into his own hands.”

“I don’t want to speculate, but I think he was pretty angry, and understandably so,” Pastor said.

“When you’ve been hit and someone is running, your natural instinct, for some people, is to give chase. I think that was the situation he was in.

“I’m glad he didn’t use that metal pole anymore. I’m not going to speak for him, but I can see both sides and where he’s coming from.”

Mr. Pastor saw the tradesman, holding a metal pole, running toward the offending driver (left). The truck driver quickly intervened and stopped the tradesman, urging him to “let the police sort it out” (right)

A 26-year-old man from Carseldine was charged following the accident.

“It is alleged that at approximately 9.45am a blue Mazda 3 was travelling south on Beaudesert Road when it failed to operate what was a red traffic light near Hellawell Road,” Queensland Police said.

‘It will be further alleged that the car then struck two other vehicles, a Mazda CX30 and a Toyota Yaris. The driver of the Mazda 3 was taken into custody by police at the scene.’

The man is due to appear in Richlands District Court on August 6, charged with dangerous driving and drink driving.