Hauliers to Honour Constable
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WHEN the social club of Essex VI' Carriers, Ltd., of South Benfleet. hold their dinner and dance on May 7. the chief guest will be Police Constable Green of the Laindon Police, who will present safety-first awards that drivers of the company have been given by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. The constable was prominently concerned in saving the life of an Essex Carriers driver, Mr. L. F. Smith. Driver Smith had delivered on a low loader a large excavator to the Essex River Board at North Benfleet, and the constable had escorted the vehicle to the site. While the excavator was being unloaded the ji:a touched the high-power cables and the driver formed an earth connection for the 6,000-volt supply. The constable dragged the driver away and applied artificial respiration, undoubtedly saving his life by this prompt action.