STORM STORIES
FALKIRK PHV DRIVER MAKES 405-MILE JOURNEY AFTER PASSENGERS’ FLIGHT IS CANCELLED DUE TO STORM
A PHV driver from Falkirk has been branded a hero after driving from Glas- gow to London so his passengers could make their holiday after British Airways cancelled their flight due to the weather. According to the Daily Record, Elite Central Travel was only supposed to be taking the holidaymakers to Glasgow Airport on Saturday night, but that all changed when they arrived to discover the cancelled flight to Heathrow. After an hour or so of trying to book another plane, there was none available so they’d lose their Caribbean Cruise. Then the driver decided to go that extra mile and drive the 405-mile
journey, battling hazardous conditions, to London Heathrow. Posting on Facebook, a spokesperson for the company said: “With some treacherous weather on the way down
we eventually arrived at Heathrow. “Elite Central Travel takes great pride in looking after our customers, maybe British Airways could learn a thing or two from us. Have a great time folks and we will see you back at Glasgow airport in two weeks.” Social media users have praised the driver and taxi firm. One said: “What an absolute trooper. Not many firms would do this.” Another wrote: “Not all heroes wear capes, some drive taxis.” A third commented: “I have used this taxi firm for years and they are just amazing and always go above and beyond.”
LONDON PHV DRIVER PAYS TRIBUTE TO HIS WIFE KILLED BY FALLING TREE DURING STORM EUNICE
The husband of a woman who died when a tree crushed her in Highgate has paid tribute to his “perfect wife”. The Evening Standard reports that Juliana Da Silva Queiroz Murilo, 37, was in the passenger seat of the silver Honda minicab driven by her husband Carlos when a tree collapsed on her in gale force winds on Friday at 4pm. Mr Murilo, 39, had just picked his wife up from work as a house cleaner before the horror smash in Muswell Hill Road. Speaking from their family home in North London after being released from hospital, he told The Standard: “She was a sweet and adorable wife she was perfect so friendly, always laughing and making jokes. “We loved each other so much it was as if we were one.” Describing the accident Mr Murilo said: “I was driving her home like I always do. Suddenly there was a crash and the tree crushed the roof. It landed mainly on my wife. I was con- scious but in a daze. A woman came
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wanted her to be safe, especially with the high winds. I can’t believe what has happened, how could this happen. My life has fallen apart.”
and held my hand and spoke to me. “I was cut out of the wreckage and taken to an ambulance. “They told me my wife was dead. I’m heartbroken I can’t get the scene out of my head. In many ways I died as well, we were inseparable.” Mr Murilo, 39, who is also originally from Brazil, and suffered cut hands and bruised ribs in the incident, said the couple had been married 15 years. The PHV driver was using his work car to drive her home from a cleaning shift in Camden and was only a five-minute drive away when tragedy struck. He added: “I always drive her home, I
He said the Chris- tian couple regularly visited church and he was receiving help from his friends and family. People attempted to pull the trunk of the huge tree that fell from Highgate Woods onto the roof of the car. Of those who tried to pull the tree off the car and a woman who held his hand he said: “I want to thank them from the bottom of my heart.” Mayor of Haringey Adam Jogee, wrote on Twitter: “The saddest of news from Haringey. I send my deepest condo- lences, and those of all our people, to the family and friends of the woman who lost her life in #MuswellHill. May her memory be a blessing.”
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