Air Ambulance GTI - Honourable 
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
Mr Aziz, (not his real name) a learner driver with only three lessons to his credit in a low powered Nissan Micra, decides to "borrow" his brother's beloved VW Golf GTI. His lack of experience and the sudden increase in power to weight ratio leads to series of events which beggar belief.
His inexperience results in him losing control on a tight turn and he crashes the car on a bridge overlooking the main London - West of England railway line. For reasons best known to himself, he then stumbles onto the railway line where he is promptly run over by a Great Western express train doing 115mph. Mr Aziz somehow survives, abeit losing both legs and an arm in the process. The railway cutting in which the accident occurred makes it impossible to use normal land ambulances, so the local air ambulance was brought in. Having damaged their own helicopter, the crew were borrowing a chopper from a neibouring unit, which although they were competent to fly, was larger than the one they were used to.
They somehow landed on an 101 year inpection cover which collasped stranding the chopper. While the chopper was being cranked out and made airworthy, local caving rescue experts were winching Mr Aziz up the cutting and into a waiting land ambulance. After 5 hours the line was finally reopened.
Mr Aziz was charged with the following: Theft of a motor vehicle, driving without a driving license, driving without insurance, leaving the scene of an accident, trespass on the railway, endangering life on the railway and drink driving. The police added the last charge on the basis that Mr Aziz was legless at the scene of the accident.
He only qualifies as a honourable mention as he survived. But as he is now unlikely to get a girlfriend, doesn't our friend deserve a full Darwin?
This story has been pieced together from both ITN tv news broadcast and speaking to various members of the rail industry. Submitted on 04/30/2002
Submitted by:
Noel Harris
Reference:
ITN news and others 8-2001
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