News Pensioner, 88,
fights raiders AN 88-YEAR-OLD man was left bruised and shaken after fighting off masked raiders who forced their way into his Wateringbury home. The robbers also threatened his
86-year-old wife with a screwdriver and he was pushed to the ground in a struggle. The elderly victims were at their
home at The Retreat caravan park, off Maidstone Road, at about 5pm when they answered a knock at the door to find two men wearing bal- aclavas. Police said the pair demanded money, wrongly believing that cashwas kept at the site. Theywere described as white, about 5ft 9ins tall with one wearing a black bala- clava and the other wearing a brown one. Anyone with information is
asked to contact Detective Consta- ble Steve Smith on 01732 379207 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. The caravan park was launched
in the 1940s and has 80 plots which are only available to the over 50s.
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Carpenter thanks air crew who saved his life
A DITTON carpenter who was al- most crushed to death in an indus- trial accident has met the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance team who helped saved his life. Father-of-two John Wingate (45) suffered a punctured lung, broken ribs and a lacerated liver when he became trapped in a two-tonne woodcutting machine. Firefighters from the technical res-
cue unit spent 40 minutes freeing him from the machinery using spe- cialist lifting gear.Heremained con- scious throughout. He said: “I could feel my ribs breaking. I couldn’t talk, I couldn’t scream and I couldn’t breathe. I thought Iwas going to die. “I thought that was my lot and it
was going to be a horrible ending, but luckily I managed to stop the machine.” Acolleague at the site in Ladding-
ford raised the alarm and para- medics from South East Coast Ambulance and their hazardous area response teamwere first on the scene.
The air ambulance’s doctor Clint
Jones and critical care paramedic Stu Plumbley arrived and gave him ad- vanced pain relief. John was then taken to the major trauma centre at King’s College Hospital where he suffered a potentially fatal cardio- respiratory attack two days later. He underwent three operations
andwas finally allowed home three weeks after his accident. Hewas re- cently reunited with the air ambu- lance doctor and paramedic when he visited the helicopter base in Red- hill, Surrey with his wife Lizzie. He said: “I just found it very in- spiring and I’m extremely glad that the air ambulance exists. A week
Air Ambulance doctor Clint Jones, Dr Malcolm Tunnicliff, John Wingate and critical care paramedic Stu Plumbley
later I saw the helicopter go overmy house and it actually bought a lump to my throat. “I feel totally indebted to the air ambulance and the other emergency services. I’ve been to see the firemen aswell and theywere really pleased to see me as they said I was one of only a handful of people in 25 years to go and say thank you. “Itwas one of those accidents that
stuck in their minds and I’m here now because of the first aid I re- ceived and the care I got in hospital. I’m just happy to be alive.” John, a former motorbike racer, is planning to return to work as soon as he has made a full recovery.
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