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 Post subject: A nice minicab story
PostPosted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 2:30 pm 
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Tulse Hill taxi driver declared 'hero' after accident



A Tulse Hill taxi driver has been declared "a hero" after he came to the rescue of a disabled woman who had an accident.

Abudnoor Lutwama, 43, of Palace Road, saved the woman who had fallen from her wheelchair and trapped her leg after he went to her flat in Challice Way, Tulse Hill, to pick her up as a fare.

He tried to speak to her through the entry phone system at Kynaston House on Friday but there was no answer.

After several calls to her phone he became alarmed and went to her front door to investigate, where he said he heard her screaming for help.

He called an ambulance and waited with her until it arrived.

He said: "I just wanted to check she was alright."

Osei Bobie, controller at Browns taxi company in Station Rise, Tulse Hill said: "Minicab drivers do not usually get good press, but I believe this deserves credit for quick thinking which might have saved the life of one of our customers."

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captain cab wrote:
"Minicab drivers do not usually get good press "


Can't think why? :?
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 Post subject: Re: A nice minicab story
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GBC wrote:
captain cab wrote:
"Minicab drivers do not usually get good press "


Can't think why? :?


I cant think why he was declared a hero when you read the story, mind you, I would have probably called in the job as a bogey :wink:

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this man was probably declared a hero by the lady that he helped,thank goodness she used a private hire company......COULD YOU IMAGINE A BLACK CAB DRIVER GETTING OUT OF HIS VEHICLE !!!

And don't forget that his understanding of English must have been very good. WELL DONE SON ,nice to see some good news :D

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D.Glave wrote:
COULD YOU IMAGINE A BLACK CAB DRIVER GETTING OUT OF HIS VEHICLE !!!

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D.Glave wrote:
this man was probably declared a hero by the lady that he helped,thank goodness she used a private hire company......COULD YOU IMAGINE A BLACK CAB DRIVER GETTING OUT OF HIS VEHICLE !!!

And don't forget that his understanding of English must have been very good. WELL DONE SON ,nice to see some good news :D


No need to be racist Don, white cab drivers dont get out of their cabs either.

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I saw a red cab driver get out of his car once (I think he was hot) :lol:
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WAS IT A TX4? bet he was fuming :lol:

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D.Glave wrote:
WAS IT A TX4? bet he was fuming :lol:


Was it a minicab.....bet it was a Mk4 Cortina :lol:

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behind the times again my old mate,wish i had one of those cortina's now worth a fortune,trouble comes when you shout at the devil all the time 8)

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