63yr-old Brit heart patient chases lorry for 20 miles after it clips his home.Byline: ANI London, November 21 (ANI): A sexagenarian English man, facing major heart surgery, chased his lorry across three counties after it struck the overhanging roof of his 500-year-old home in Cavendish, Suffolk Cavendish is a village and civil parish in the Stour Valley in Suffolk, England. It is 18 km from Bury St Edmunds and 23 km from Newmarket. It is believed that Cavendish is called so because a man called Cafa used to own a pasture or 'edisc' there, and it therefore became , recently. Wood carver Wynn Evans, 63, was making a cup of tea when he heard an "almighty thud", as one of the two heavy goods vehicles travelling in convoy clipped his Tudor house damaging beams, tiling and a window. The lorry even sent a chunk of wood crashing to the pavement. Evans' property had been hit by passing vehicles several times in the past, and when it all repeated this time, he decided to chase the vehicle. He jumped into his car and began a 20-mile pursuit in search of the vehicle's registration number. The old man even remained in touch with police through his mobile, and frequently called them to update his progress. The HGV HGV (in Britain, formerly) heavy goods vehicle HGV (Brit) n abbr (Hist) (= heavy goods vehicle) → Lkw m was eventually intercepted in Linton by a patrol car 30 minutes later, and its driver was arrested. "I was making a cup of tea when I heard the bang and saw the lorry drive off," the Telegraph quoted him as saying. "I was livid livid /liv·id/ (liv´id) discolored, as from a contusion or bruise; black and blue. liv·id adj. . I didn't want to beat anybody up I just wanted to make sure somebody paid for the damage because I knew what it would cost. "I knew that if I simply called the police all they would have to go on was a vague description of the lorry. "So I jumped in my car and followed it and called the police as I went. "If the police hadn't arrived to intervene, I was thinking of some way I could have made a fuss to make sure that the lorry stopped," he added. Evans had spent several hours at Papworth Hospital, Cambs, earlier that day, and underwent tests ahead of scheduled heart bypass surgery Bypass surgery A surgical procedure that grafts blood vessels onto arteries to reroute the blood flow around blockages in the arteries (arteriosclerosis). . "The last thing I wanted was stress on my heart. Everyone said I was brave to give chase but I did it without thinking," he said. Evans, who has been living in the listed property for two-and-a-half years with his wife Lesley, has revealed that last year a lorry caused 10,000 pounds worth of damage in a similar incident. "My wife was in the centre of Cavendish at the time and saw the lorries minutes before the accident," he said. "She jokingly said 'I hope those lorries don't hit my house,'" he added. Suffolk Police have confirmed that a 68-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of careless driving, and was later released. The police revealed that a file had been sent to the Crown Prosecution for lawyers to decide whether to bring charges. (ANI) Copyright 2008 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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