Telford car fire rescue officers miss out on top award
Two Shropshire policemen, who rescued a man from a burning car and were shortlisted for the Pride of Britain Awards 2013, have lost out on the top prize to an RNLI crew from Porthcawl, South Wales.
PCs Alex Saxton and Tim Blackham, who are both based at Shrewsbury Police Station, were just one of four emergency crews to make the final cut in the Daybreak Emergency Service Award section of the prestigious awards.
The brave duo heard today they had been beaten to the top slot by lifeboat men Chris Missen and Paul Eastment who rescued a rescued a woman from a flooded river in Devon.
PC Saxton and PC Blackham rescued a man from a burning car following a collision in Telford earlier this year. The man was trapped in the front passenger seat of the vehicle and had serious head injuries.
Thick toxic smoke had made it difficult and dangerous to approach the Renault Clio, which had crashed into a row of trees at 1.20am on March 16 on the A442 near Leegomery roundabout in Telford.
