STORM STORIES
STORM EUNICE: LOCAL BUILDER CUTS COVENTRY TAXI FREE AFTER TREE CRASHES DOWN ON IT
A local builder came to the rescue when Storm Eunice blew a tree down onto a moving taxi in Coventry. CoventryLive reports that the incident happened on Friday afternoon, 18 February, amid treacherous weather which saw winds of 60mph battering the city. Its ferocity led to one of the many trees which lines Kenilworth Road near the War Memorial Park com- ing down and landing on a black cab. One man was on his way home from work when he passed the scene and saw his brother’s work van parked up. Stopping to see if he was OK, he found his builder brother setting about the fallen tree with tools from his van. Paul Allsopp told CoventryLive: “I could see the tree was down and I saw my
brother’s van was there and he was using a hand saw cutting a taxi free. “He’s a builder so he had his tools in the van. He had pulled up in front and saw the taxi was trapped so he started cutting the branches away from it.
“I believe no-one was hurt or injured - I think it was more the shock of it. It blocked the whole road. It was one of those big old oak trees they have down there.” Paul’s brother, self-employed builder Craig Allsopp, is obviously handy with his tools as fire crews from Coventry were called to the scene but when they arrived their “assistance was not necessary”. “You could talk to Craig about it but he’d probably just talk it down and say ‘all I did was cut some branches’,” Paul laughed. Paul’s belief that no-one was hurt was confirmed by West Midlands Ambu- lance Service who told CoventryLive they were not called to the scene
MUM’S SEARCH TO THANK CABBIE WHO TOOK HER AND DAUGHTERS FROM PRESTON TO CARLISLE AFTER STORM
An unknown Preston taxi driver has been labelled a ‘hero’ after he picked up a family from the city’s railway station and drove them home to Carlisle after their train was cancelled due to Storm Eunice. LancsLive reports that Danielle Marie, her daughters, dog and kitten found themselves stuck at Preston railway station on Thursday 17 February, at 7.30pm trying to return home. The family had been refused by three cabs before one taxi driver accepted to take them on the long journey home. Now, Danielle wants to find him to thank him personally. She told Lancs- Live: “I was just exhausted and wanted to get home, he made the journey by allowing my dog and kitten in his cab, it was especially nice as we made a lot of mess with dog hair and my daughter spilled coke in the cab, he was just gen- uinely lovely and dropped us straight
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The mum of two didn’t pick up the reg- istration of the driver nor the company, but hopes her rare Akita dog might be recognised by the driver so she can say thanks.
to the door rather than just the station. “I would love to find him and thank him properly. And thanks to his daughter for bringing him money for diesel. I offered to clean the cab but he refused.”
Danielle said she was grateful they didn’t have to ‘struggle to find a hotel’ and added: “Preston to Carlisle is a long way and to drive there and back is amazing.”
She shared the appeal to Facebook, where the taxi driver has been named a ‘hero’. Dorothy Rogers wrote: “What a kind man to get you safely home. Hope he receives your thanks - he has set an example to us all.” Zoe Jayne Brown added: “Not all hero’s wear capes what a great guy” Danielle added: “I hope he sees all the love and nice comments he is getting, if only everyone was like him the world would be a safer and better place.”
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