Four-year-old twins escaped the wreckage of a horrific crash that killed their father before hiking for help.
Sisters Aurora and Rosaline freed themselves from their car seats and hiked up a 60 metre embankment to seek help on Whidbey Island in Washington, US.
They were stood at the side of a winding road when a motorist passed by, before turning around and stopping to help them.
Emergency services were called and confirmed the girls' father, Corey Simmons, 47, had died in the crash.
It has been reported he was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the tragic accident.
They youngsters were taken to hospital and treated for minor injuries.
Their mother, Esther, said her daughters had been left traumatised by the accident.
She shared a heartbreaking photo of the girls with their father taken a week before the crash when the family went to pick their Christmas tree.
Esther's older daughter, Rebecah, and Corey's stepdaughter, said the family are searching for the Good Samaritan who stopped to help the girls, reports 7news.
Rebecah said: "We are so incredibly thankful, and we are desperately looking for who she is.
"We would love to personally meet her and thank her.”
State Patrol Trooper Heather Axtman, spokeswoman for the patrol said: "It’s one of the truly saddest stories, but so heroic at the exact same time.
"Had those little girls not had the sense of awareness they showed, we would have a missing family.
"They overcame every typical little kid fear. The woods, and the dark."
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help the family.
It reads: "An unexpected tragedy has hit our family that has left a hole in a family and trauma for others.
"Not only but this has happened before a special holiday. Christmas...
"We understand that during this holiday season most are financially tight.. we would appreciate
any help you can do for their family during this difficult tragedy.
"We are asking for help to assist with cost of funeral and burial/cremation services, as well to help with additional costs for his Partner and mother of the girls “Esther Crider” would be helpful during this difficult time for her loss and their children."
The crash is under investigation, say local media.
