An 8-year-old Ohio boy’s heroic actions allowed him and his 10-year-old sister to escape from their grandmother’s car that was being stolen.

The boy, Chance, and his older sister, Skyler, were left in the backseat of their grandmother Nita Coburn’s car as she wheeled her sick daughter into a Middletown, Ohio, hospital on Thursday.

That’s when suspect Dalvir Singh, 24, hopped into the driver’s seat and began to drive away from Atrium Medical Center, according to WCPO.

Coburn thought she locked her doors, but since the keys were still inside, a safety feature kept them open.

She chased after Singh in a desperate bid to save her grandchildren, she told the station.

She tried to pull open driver’s side door, but Singh slammed it shut.

“The second time he slammed it shut, I saw he had a hold of Skyler,” Coburn told WCPO.

She tried again, but was dragged by the car as Singh sped away.

Chance then sprung into action, prying his sister away from Singh and opening the rear passenger door.

The two then tumbled out and ran toward their grandmother.

“What Chance did was extremely heroic,” Middletown police Officer Connor Kirby said Friday, according to the station. “It shows how extremely brave he was and how much he loves his sister.”

Singh, meanwhile, was arrested a few blocks away and charged with kidnapping, grand theft auto and assault.