Harrison Ford is well used to saving the galaxy in Star Wars and the damsel in the distress in the Indiana Jones movies but he became a real life hero on Sunday when he stepped in to help a woman whose car had run off the road in California.

Ford helped the driver who was involved in a single-vehicle crash after her car veered off the side of the road into an embankment, according to ABC News in the US.

Her vehicle veered off the road on State Route 126 and Ford pulled over and assisted while on his way back from the airport, the Santa Paula fire department spokesperson told the Hollywood Reporter.

According to TMZ, Ford was driving behind the car before the female driver lost control and crashed into the embankment of the California freeway.

The victim was eventually transported to a local hospital with minor injuries.

This is not the first time Ford, who recently starred in the critically acclaimed Blade Runner 2049, has come to the rescue. In September he helped direct cars after his Mercedes Benz caused a pile-up in Manhattan’s Midtown Tunnel in New York.

In 2000, the actor used his helicopter to help a hiker stranded in Idaho Falls. The following year, he again used his helicopter to rescue a 13-year-old Boy Scout who was lost for 18 hours near Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.

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Ford has not been so lucky of late when it comes to his own favored mode of transport - airplanes.

Last February, the 75-year-old actor nearly crashed his single-engine Husky plane into a Boeing 737 when landing at John Wayne airport, in Orange County, California.

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In 2015, he crashed his World War II era, single-engine plane into a Santa Monica golf course and was left with head injuries and a broken arm.