Guardian angels don’t always have wings. Sometimes, they have bicycles.

Soren Hultman was biking to class on Wednesday when he heard a collision at the intersection of Lincoln Way and Elwood Drive.

Hultman, sophomore in engineering, immediately stopped to help, using training and first aid skills he learned through the Reserve Officer Training Corps to assist the victim of the accident.

“I just saw the aftermath,” Hultman said. “You could see the Explorer still going, and the tires flying off.”

Hultman saw the driver, Lisley Miller, attempting to get out of her banged-up red 1998 Ford Explorer.

“I ran up, and others came to help,” he said.

Hultman helped carry Miller away from the Explorer, then began asking Miller questions with an off-duty paramedic on the scene.

“The first thing you check for is responsiveness,” Hultman said. [Ask questions like] ‘What’s your name? Who can I call?'”

Hultman helped Miller sit on an embankment on the northeast side of Elwood Drive.

“The first thing we were worried about was her neck and back,” Hultman said.

Hultman and others immobilized Miller by placing Hultman’s backpack under her neck. While paramedics assisted Miller, Ames Police began the accident investigation.

Ames Police Sgt. Jim Johnson said the Explorer was making a left turn going southbound on Elwood Drive when it collided with a Chevrolet Avalanche with Indiana license plates, driven by Randy Abell.

“That was [one] hell of a hit,” said City of Ames worker Jim Gammon, 1441 West 7th St., Nevada.

Police could not confirm the cause of the accident at the scene.

“At this time, [the accident] is under investigation,” said Ames Police Cmdr. Jim Robinson.

After the paramedics took over, pedaled to class. Already running late, Hultman said he was “not even close” to being on time.

Officials from Mary Greeley Medical Center could not comment on Miller’s condition Wednesday night.