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DU QUOIN, Ill. (WSIL)-- A Du Quoin woman recently faced a scary health situation while she was behind the wheel. 

Now she is looking for the good Samaritan who saved her life.

Estella Dyer says she was driving along Route 51 when she all of a sudden entered a state of confusion caused by low blood sugar. She says as her car slowed, a woman was able to help her put her car in brake and call 9-1-1.

“I made it through Du Quoin and through a construction area and was headed out on Highway 51 North,� Dyer says. “I was weaving in and out of traffic, and at one point I remember opening my eyes and seeing the front end of a semi-truck, and I was hearing horns.�

Dyer recalls the good Samaritan driving behind her.

“I guess I was trying to find a place to pull over. So I was driving really slow. I had my foot on the brake,� Dyer says. “She had a child in the car, jumped out of her vehicle, ran up, put my van in park, and called 9-1-1.�

Dyer says the incident happened on June 19th. She remembers returning home from Murphysboro; she says she has diabetes and did not have enough to eat that morning.

“And I had done my 15 units of long-acting and my eight units of fast-acting insulin, but I had only had, like, a cream horn, you know, for breakfast,� Dyer said.

She says that's when things started to take a turn for the worse.

“And I remember thinking to myself, oh man, I need to get home. But then my goal was to make it to the food pantry that day. So in my mind, I still thought I was going to go to the food pantry and then come home,� Dyer said.

Following the 9-1-1 call, Dyer says she went to the hospital and made a recovery.

“Yes. I'm still driving. I just make sure that everything's on the up and that before I leave, I make sure that I have something of substance on my stomach before I leave the house to make sure that there's no reaction to my insulin,� Dyer said.

But Dyer hopes she will be able to put an end to the search for her mysterious good Samaritan.

“I just wish I could find her so I could tell her in person because to me she's my hero,� Dyer said.

And if you are that good Samaritan or know who the person is, please reach out to the station to make the connection.