UNSUNG HEROES
YOUTHS TRY TO STEAL KEIGHLEY BUS BEFORE BEING CHASED OFF BY HERO CABBIE
A quick-thinking PHV driver has cap- tured on video the moment two teenagers attempted to steal a bus. According to the Telegraph and Argus, the youngsters - whose ages looked to be between 13 and 18 according to the driver - were seen in a 662 Keighley Shuttle bus with its engine running as it was being moved backwards and for- wards.
Zahir Ghafoor, of Speedline Private Hire, based in Russell Street, Keighley, said he was working nights and heard the engine of the bus at 5am on Thurs- day, 13 May. He said the bus had been parked in the street overnight. “I heard the engine running and the reversing beep and an automated voice
because the doors were open - I thought that someone must have been trying to steal it so I went out and videoed
the bus as I walked up to it. “I could see two teenagers inside. One sitting in the driver's seat. He reversed the bus a bit and then drove forward. “I banged on the side of the bus and shouted for them to stop. I shouted: “Police; what are you doing? Get out, police,” to frighten them. Then the
older one who was in the driving seat got up and opened the door and then they both ran off up the street. “I informed the bus company as soon as I could before I went to bed because I am working nights at the moment. “It was really shocking to see two kids trying to steal a bus. I don't know what would have happened if they had man- aged to get it away. They may have had a terrible accident and killed someone. There are people around even at that time of day - cars on the road and peo- ple walking to work.” A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said they had received a report of the incident and have appealed for infor- mation.
KIND HEARTED DORSET CABBIE COMES TO AID OF WOMAN IN HELPING HER ELDERLY HUSBAND
A man called Mr Good lived up to his name when he came to the rescue of an elderly man. According to the Dorset Echo, taxi driv- er Nick Good answered a call for help from Lynda Wells when her husband Tom - who has advanced Alzheimer’s disease - fell out of bed in the middle of the night. Mr Good was about to pick up a cus- tomer in Salwayash when Mrs Wells came out of her house. Mrs Wells, 71, is a carer for her 88-year-old husband. At about 11.30pm on Saturday night, Mrs Wells heard her husband fall out of bed in the next room but, after 20 min- utes of trying, was unable to lift him off the floor. She went outside to see if any of her neighbours were still up but could not see any lights on in the nearby homes. She was about to call for an ambulance when she saw some headlights coming down her road, and a taxi stopped. She asked the driver, Mr Good, if he
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was like an angel appearing. “I was out in the street in my dressing gown and wellies so goodness knows what he thought of me. I am so pleased that I was able to connect with him on Facebook so I could take him a gift to say thank you.
would come inside and help her, to which he agreed, and together they were able to help Mr Wells back into bed. Mrs Wells did not even have time to ask the driver for his name before they went their separate ways but, through social media, they managed to connect and on Monday she took Mr Good a bottle of wine to say thank you. She said: “I am so lucky that Nick just happened to be driving down the road at that very moment and was kind enough to come inside and help me - it
“If he hadn’t been there I would have had to call an ambulance which might have taken a long time and Tom would have been stuck on the floor, so I am just so thankful he was there.” Mr Good, a driver for Beeline Taxis, said he was more than happy to help Mrs Wells having experienced something similar with his father. The 47-year-old said: “My dad suffered from diabetes and he had times when he fell and couldn’t get back up so I knew what she was going through. “She sent me a message on Facebook saying she wanted to drop something round and that was so kind of her, she really didn’t need to - I was more than happy to help.”
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