Life-savers
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ACOACH passenger and a lorry driver probably owe their lives to the presence of mind of R.A.C. patrols. In the first case, the patrol was called by a coach driver on a Scottish Highland tour, who had a sick woman passenger. The R.A.C.
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man realized that her condition was serious and directed the driver to Fort William. He then telephoned Fort William for a doctor, who was brought to the coach by a police car. Soon the woman was safely in hospital.
The lorry driver was found in Norfolk, slumped over the wheel, and, after asking for help, lapsed into unconsciousness. The R.A.C. man called a doctor, and the driver was operated on for a perforated ulcer as soon as he reached hospital. The patrol then completed the job by arranging for the lorry, bound for Manchester with a load of rubber, to be garaged until it could be collected.