Council driver wins praise for rescue
A Carmarthenshire County Council driver has been praised for his quick-thinking actions after coming to the rescue of a man who had fallen at his home. Greg Arthur, of Llanelli, was on his daily travels collecting and transporting people to Tumble Luncheon Club when he realised something wasn’t right after calling at the home of one of his regular passengers in the Gwendraeth Valley. With several passengers already on his bus, the 34-year-old used his initiative to check the property and saw, through a rear window, that the gentleman was lying on the floor and was in a lot of pain. He immediately called for the emergency services and spoke to the gentleman through the window to give him reassurance until help arrived. In the meantime, he told his passengers that they’d have a short wait until he got help for this friend, and closed the bus doors to keep them warm. It later transpired that the man had fallen the previous evening, and had suffered a broken leg and dislocated knee. Now,...