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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. Mr Tacey inched through the rising tide to get her on the road to hospital, where her breech 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.
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.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. 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 he had been on the island making a delivery and was waiting for the coastguard to let him cross back over the causeway.
"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.
"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. "He said his partner was in labour and he was worried as it looked like a long wait for the tide to go down."
"It took about five minutes to cross the half mile causeway slowly and carefully." Mr Tacey said he spoke to the coastguard team and suggested he could carry the couple's Ford Kuga through the water on the back of his lorry.
"It took about five minutes to cross the half mile causeway slowly and carefully," he added.
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".