ORANGEVALE — Andy Rendon has delivered mail along a busy street in Orangevale for 22 years.

Most days, his routine is unloading the truck, sort the mail and fill the mailbox.

But as Rendon was driving up and down Central Avenue one afternoon in September, something popped into the road that didn’t belong there.

“I was just delivering mail on my route and I glanced up and happened to notice something weird like a head running between two cars,” he said. “It was nothing I’ve ever seen before run into the street, so I looked up again and realized it’s a child.”

Without even thinking he says he rushed over, blocking oncoming traffic with his mail truck so the child wouldn’t get hit.

“I just felt lucky that I was there to take action and do something. Something bad could have happened, and I’m obviously glad nothing did,” Rendon told FOX40.