FLINT, MI -- When racers flagged down a golf cart carrying three Flint-area residents at the Crim Festival of Races , they didn’t realize it wasn’t an official medical vehicle.

As luck would have it, all three passengers had medical experience — even though they were only there to take photos.

Unexpectedly, they became lifesavers.

What happened next was a life-saving effort to help a runner who’d gone into cardiac arrest during the Aug. 24 event.

Jenifer Veloso, a former MLive-The Flint Journal intern, her partner Sarah Satkowiak and Sarah’s dad, Pete, were traveling to different spots along the 10-mile course to photograph participants.

Veloso was working in her capacity as an associate communications officer for the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.

Near Powers Catholic High Schoo

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