Pensioner Alfred Throop steers out of control bus to safety after driver passes out in Leicester
Plucky pensioner Alfred Throop steered an out-of- control bus to safety after the driver passed out.
The 67-year-old told how he grabbed the wheel of the number 58 Arriva bus, in Leicester, fearing it would crash into pedestrians or cars.
The bus stopped after colliding with metal railings.
Alfred said afterwards: "It felt like a scene from James Bond."
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Meanwhile, the picture above shows the scene yesterday after a bus carrying college students became stranded in floodwater.
The frightened students ended up wading through the water and carrying their friends to safety in the dark on Thursday night.
'It felt like a scene from James Bond': Read Alfred's account here.
Comments
by Rachel_Leics
Sunday, November 25 2012, 12:04PM
“Well done to Alfred Throop who helped he was brave and we should be thankful to him x”
by davidh11
Saturday, November 24 2012, 11:13PM
“Will Alfred Throop be arrested and fined should he be driving the bus without a PSV licence and without any insurance?”
by sayno2socks
Saturday, November 24 2012, 10:46PM
“Why have you mixed up two stories? This is very poor.”
by karinfall1955
Saturday, November 24 2012, 9:23PM
“When they make the Hollywood blockbuster I think they are gonna have to change the name of the hero, Alf Throop doesn't quite work..”
by Robert21a
Saturday, November 24 2012, 8:04PM
“So where was the coach when it got stuck in water ?
Which students - from/to where ?
Is there a paragraph missing ?”
by PLYMFOX01
Saturday, November 24 2012, 4:38PM
“Well done to Alfred Throop. No one though has mentioned the bus driver, I hope he or she makes a full recovery.”
by 63428
Saturday, November 24 2012, 2:15PM
“Alfred Throop should not only be congratulated on his marvelous show of haste and smarts, but also in the midst of doing so, managing to be the first person to date to deliver the 58 around the route on schedule.”
by spalding1944
Saturday, November 24 2012, 9:36AM
“O_come_on Thanks for that,still learning,we OAP's take a while you know”
by Oh_come_on
Saturday, November 24 2012, 9:16AM
“Spalding1944- I suggest your left hand tells your right hand to click on those strange little arrows under the picture :-)”
by spalding1944
Saturday, November 24 2012, 8:43AM
“Can we please let our left hand know what our right hand is doing ? The picture looks nothing like a bus in water”