A TEENAGER has been nominated for a national award for praised for saving the life of a boy by dragging him from a road as he stood in the path of traffic.

Connor Fahy, 14, of Kepier academy, in Houghton-le-Spring, leapt into action when he saw the boy standing in the road near the school, with his hood zipped over his eyes. Year 10 pupil Connor said: “He was in quite a dangerous place, standing in the road, and others laughed.

“But I thought, ‘this could be serious’ and ran up to him and said ‘what are you doing?’ “I grabbed him and pushed him up against the wall, and he was punching back, so I kept hold of him until he was calm and them carried him to school.

“I stayed with him until a teacher came along and took it from there.

“I’d do the same again, of course.”

Now Connor’s mother Lisa, 45, a teaching assistant at Burnside Primary School – where Connor was a pupil – one of the teachers from Kepier and his sister Alex, 20, who works at CDM Recruitment, have nominated him for a Pride of Britain award.

Connor has Attention Deficient Hyperactivity Disorder, but his school and his family, who live close to the academy, have seen him grow into a mature and responsible young man.

Kepier principal Nicola Cooper wrote a letter praising Connor’s actions.

She said: “In situations like this it is easy to follow the crowd and look the other way, but Connor’s action ensured the safety of this person that could potentially have ended in disaster.”

The boy involved in the incident is now being offered support and his family is aware of what happened.