GOOD DEED, BAD LUCK
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Spare a thought for Martin Townsend, 19, a computer operator from Little Stoke in Bristol. He was driving home in his pride and joy, a red VW Golf which he had bought just six weeks earlier after two years' hard saving for 2750 when he spotted 25-year-old Karen Newmarch collapsed on the ground. He stopped to help.
He managed to get her into the back seat and set off in record time for Southmead Hospital in Bristol. But when they arrived, doctors feared that Karen might have a broken neck, in which case any attempt to remove her from the car could result in her being paralysed for life.
Only one course of action remained. The fire brigade was called, and Martin watched on the sidelines as they sliced the top off his car. Happily Karen did not have a broken neck and went on to make a full recovery. Unhappily for Martin, he only had third-party insurance—and even had to pay to have the wreckage of his car removed.