Driver gets £110 parking fine as he helps give first aid to motorbike crash victim

Published 15th Jan 2012

A driver was given a £110 parking ticket as he battled to save the life of a motorcyclist who had crashed.

Anthony Mottram, 51, found the biker unconscious in the middle of the road at a busy junction. He was bleeding and appeared to have a broken ankle.

As Mr Mottram gave the victim first-aid, traffic wardens put a ticket on his Peugeot 806, which was parked on the pavement 20ft away.

Mr Mottram said: 'I thought the man was going to die and my priority was to save his life. I cannot believe traffic wardens ignored what was happening in the road next to him and chose instead to book me.'

The accident happened last Tuesday night near Mr Mottram's home in Wandsworth, South-West London. To avoid blocking the road he parked on the pavement.

He said: 'I saw the rider trapped beneath the motorbike, unconscious and in desperate need of assistance. I rushed to assist him.'

Two ambulances arrived at the scene and the victim, in his 50s, was taken to the major trauma unit at St George's Hospital in Tooting, South London.

He had recovered consciousness at the scene but his condition now is not known.

Mr Mottram, a prison officer and father of four, said: 'As soon as it became apparent my assistance was no longer required, I left the scene and returned to my vehicle to find two traffic wardens taking photographs and issuing a parking ticket.

'I asked them to stop and explained I'd been helping to keep the injured man alive following the accident.

'They were offhand with me until a policeman came over and explained that I had been helping. They then apologised and said the ticket had already been issued and I should call the council the next morning and they would cancel it.

'My vehicle was parked out of the way of other traffic using the junction and in the circumstances it was the safest and most reasonable thing I could do given I was first on the scene of the accident.'

He added: 'There was no way that the wardens could not have noticed the crash. There was an ambulance and police car with flashing lights parked next to mine. It was obvious I was something to do with it as my doors were unlocked and my windows were wound down.'

He contacted Wandsworth Council to cancel the ticket immediately but officials said his appeal would be considered and they would make a decision on February 8. However, after being contacted by The Mail on Sunday on Friday, the council cancelled the ticket.

A spokesman said: 'It would be totally wrong if this Good Samaritan was penalised in any way for what was clearly a highly commendable act of public- spiritedness.'

Source: ' Daily Mail '

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