...UNSUNG HEROES... HEROICWEST MIDLANDS TAXI DRIVER
A brave taxi driver sprang into action when a motorist apparently tried to flee the scene of a horror crash. BirminghamLive re- ports that dramatic footage shows the moment Naveed Hussain tackled the driver to the ground and made a citizen’s arrest after
the
smash in Netherton. He claimed the driv- er attempted to make a getaway after the car he was driving flipped on its
MAKES CITIZEN’S ARREST AFTER HORROR CRASH taxi
roof after hitting the 33-year-old’s
and a Micra. The footage, cap- tured by a by- stander, shows Mr Hussain restraining the struggling driver as a crowd looks on. Mr Hussain, who works for Triple Twenty Taxis, said: “I knew I had to do something. He ran towards
Church Naveed Hussain restrained the driver LINCOLN DRIVER WATCHED WOMAN’S FALL
A pensioner who died after she fell backwards down a flight of steps and landed on her head may have had an epileptic seizure, in inquest heard. According to Lin- colnshireLive, Jean Lord, 71, fell from the top of eight con- crete stairs outside her first-floor home in Lincoln. The incident was witnessed by a taxi driver who had just dropped her off, an inquest at Boston Coroner’s Court was told. Simon Coulson had been checking for his next fare when he looked up and saw Ms Lord, who was carrying a handbag and a shopping bag and using a walking stick, fall. In a statement, he
said: “She was actu- ally tumbling back- wards down the stairs. She landed at the bottom of the steps on her head. “There was nobody else around at the time and I cannot see or think of any reason why she should fall back- wards down those steps.” Mr Coulson rushed to Ms Lord but she was unresponsive and he called emer- gency services. He said paramedics ar- rived “very quickly”. Ms Lord was taken to Queen’s Medical Centre in Notting- ham where a scan showed her to have suffered skull frac- tures and a “dev- astating and severe brain injury”. She died on April 14 last year, two days after the fall.
MARCH 2019
Street, so I followed him. He jumped over a fence and ended up in St John’s Street and that’s
where I got him. “I kept him there until the police and ambulance arrived.” A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said the driver of the over- turned car was taken to Russells Hall Hospital. He added: “He had multiple injuries but they were
not
believed to be life threatening.” A spokesman for West
Midlands
Police told Black Country Live: “A
The overturned car
man was arrested from the scene on suspicion of driving while unfit through drink and drugs.”
TAXI DRIVER WHO SHOPPED BURGLAR TO NORTHUMBRIA POLICE WINS AN AWARD
A taxi driver has won an award after reporting a cocky burglar who bragg- ed that he “wouldn’t get caught”. ChronicleLive ports
Johnston, 31, picked up a teenager in the Washington area last month and began to casually chat with his passenger. During the journey, the 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, boasted he’d just carried out a bur- glary at Biddick Academy
earlier
that evening. The confident teen claimed he “wouldn’t get caught” by police. Mr Johnston, a taxi driver of 13 years, quizzed the passen- ger further and then contacted his local PC to report the sur-
re- that Paul
Taxi driver Paul Johnston and Chief Superintendent Sarah Pitt
prising admission. Two males – aged 16 and 32 – were sub- sequently arrested on suspicion of bur- glary. Last month, Chief S upe r i n t e nde n t Sarah Pitt invited Mr Johnston into Nor- thumbria Police’s headquarters
to present him with an
award in recognition of his role in helping to identify
the
offenders. “We thought it was important to invite Paul in and thank him personally on behalf of the Force,” said Chief Supt Pitt said. “We work very closely with taxi
drivers to keep the public safe and tackle crime, and this is an example of the benefits of that strong relationship. “It would have been easy for Paul to overlook the pas- senger’s claims, but his willingness to do the right thing and inform police has led to a crime being solved that may have
otherwise
gone undetected. “We are incredibly thankful to Paul for his support and a commendation was the least he de- served after going above and beyond.” A 16-year-old male is to receive a youth conditional caution and be referred to the Youth Offending Team as a result of his actions. A 32- year-old man also received a caution.
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