Bus driver took sick passenger to A&E because ambulance would take 90 minutes
A ‘hero’ bus driver took a sick passenger to A&E himself after being told an ambulance would take an hour and a half to arrive.
Shawn Musgrove was driving his bus from Manorbier to Milford Haven in south Wales when the 75-year-old man fell ill.
Pensioner Darrell Todd went to the front of the bus and asked Shawn to stop.
He told him ‘I feel like I am going to die’, and Shawn could immediately see he was in a bad state.
‘He was shaky, pale and confused,’ Shawn said. ‘I pulled over – another customer stepped in and sat by him until I could safely stop.’
When Shawn rang 999 he was told by the operator it would be more than an hour before an ambulance could reach his location.
Shawn then rang his supervisor to ask if he could take the man to hospital himself.
Recalling what happened, Darrell said: ‘I was sweating and had a high temperature. I was all over the place. I was not well and have had problems with my tick tock in the past.’
Australian-born Darrell praised both Shawn and the other passengers on the bus, adding: ‘There were two young passengers in their 20s, a couple of young bucks with earrings in their noses, were very very good looking after a doddery old man like me.
‘They never left my side. I don’t know who they were, but they deserve a thank you.’
Shawn insisted he was only doing his job, adding: ‘I’m just so glad Darrell was okay and that he was on the bus when he fell ill so we could help.’
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