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| 'True gent' lorry driver gets pregnant woman to hospital in Essex | 'True gent' lorry driver gets pregnant woman to hospital in Essex |
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| A new mother has thanked a lorry driver who carried her car over a flooded causeway while she was in labour. | A new mother has thanked a lorry driver who carried her car over a flooded causeway while she was in labour. |
| Kelly Brinkman was in labour and waiting for 3ft 6ins deep (1.2m) sea water to recede on The Strood Causeway from Mersea Island, Essex. | Kelly Brinkman was in labour and waiting for 3ft 6ins deep (1.2m) sea water to recede on The Strood Causeway from Mersea Island, Essex. |
| Justin Tacey, 45, offered to put her car on his lorry and drive across. | Justin Tacey, 45, offered to put her car on his lorry and drive across. |
| Mr Tacey inched through the rising tide to get her on the road to hospital, where her breeched baby girl was delivered by Caesarean section. | |
| Ms Brinkman and partner Paolo Pereira had driven to different places to get off the island last Thursday but were prevented by the high tide. | Ms Brinkman and partner Paolo Pereira had driven to different places to get off the island last Thursday but were prevented by the high tide. |
| 'Looking panicky' | 'Looking panicky' |
| Ms Brinkman said: "I am just so grateful to Justin. He probably saved the baby's life because she was in a breech position and well on her way. The only way to save her was a Caesarean section. | |
| "We have named her Lillie and she is now fine but always hungry and joins her sister Olivia." | "We have named her Lillie and she is now fine but always hungry and joins her sister Olivia." |
| Mr Tacey, who works for Emmitt Plant at Diss in Norfolk, said: "I had been on Mersea delivering to a holiday camp and was waiting for the coastguards to let us cross. | Mr Tacey, who works for Emmitt Plant at Diss in Norfolk, said: "I had been on Mersea delivering to a holiday camp and was waiting for the coastguards to let us cross. |
| "I noticed a man looking panicky on the phone and we got chatting. He said his partner was in labour and he was worried as it looked like a long wait for the tide to go down. | "I noticed a man looking panicky on the phone and we got chatting. He said his partner was in labour and he was worried as it looked like a long wait for the tide to go down. |
| "I spoke to the coastguard team and said the couple's Ford Kuga could go on the back of the lorry and I would carry them across. | "I spoke to the coastguard team and said the couple's Ford Kuga could go on the back of the lorry and I would carry them across. |
| "It took about five minutes to cross the half mile causeway slowly and carefully." | "It took about five minutes to cross the half mile causeway slowly and carefully." |
| West Mersea Coastguard also paid tribute to Mr Tacey, calling him a "true gentleman". | West Mersea Coastguard also paid tribute to Mr Tacey, calling him a "true gentleman". |