Patrick Dempsey Saves Teen's Life

Patrick Dempsey, who plays neurosurgeon Dr. Derek Shepherd on the hit show "Grey's Anatomy," not only saves lives on television but also in real life.

Dempsey pulled a teenage boy to safety after his car flipped over near the star's home in Malibu, Calif. last week.

"I was scared for my life, I was upside down," said Weston Masset.

Masset was barely conscious and trapped inside the twisted wreck of his car.

But Dempsey saw the car flip and used a crow bar to pry the doors open. He pulled the teenager to safety and called paramedics, who airlifted Masset to the hospital.

Miraculously, Masset suffered only a concussion and an eye injury.

His first words on seeing Dempsey pulling him out of the wreck were, "'Are you famous?" and Dempsey said, "Yeah I'm a doctor," Masset said.

Dempsey called the boy's mother to inform her of the situation.

"He had a certain authority in his voice," said Masset's mother Mary Beth Masset. "I asked if he was a paramedic and he said no, 'this is Patrick Dempsey.'"

"I'm just super grateful. I can't wait to thank him personally," said Mary Beth Masset.