Stephen Bear feels like "Superman" after he saved a woman's life following a motorway crash.

The 'Celebrity Big Brother' star had been driving to Bristol with his brother Rob when a black Mini swerved into their lane and then smashed into the motorway barrier, but Bear leaped out of his car and rescued the female driver after she stumbled into oncoming traffic in shock.

He recalled: "I was driving 70mph and in the distance saw a car frantically swerving. It was like something out of an action movie, like a dream.

"I thought she'd lost control and then would carry on driving. But she kept spinning. As she went left, I went right to go round it. But as I went right, she went right. I thought, 'This aint good'.

Rob was "screaming his head off" as their car hurtled towards hers but Bear swiftly slammed on the breaks before he watched in horror as the woman wandered into speeding traffic.

Bear says he got to her just in time and yanked her out of harm's way, before other drivers stopped to help.

He told The Daily Star newspaper: "A lot of people would have drove off. Her car's written off. She could have died. I felt like I'm Superman ...

"I said to her, 'Listen babe, you'll be alright', gave her a cuddle and drove off."

The pair then exchanged numbers and the woman texted Bear the following morning and thanked him for his bravery.

He added: "It was so mad. She text me in the morning saying, 'Thanks for saving my life, I don't know how to repay you.'"

The incident also reached Twitter, after the woman contacted him on the social media site and apologised for the scary incident.

She wrote: "A huge thank you for being my saviour this evening. Sorry I scared Rob! #M5 #rescue #dontknowhowtorepayyou. (sic)"

He tweeted back: "Don't be silly , I'm just glad you was ok and over the moon we got out safe xx god was looking down on us xx (sic)"