Colchester Zoo worker helps motorist with flat tyre (From Gazette)

Colchester Zoo worker helps motorist with flat tyre

6:36pm Friday 20th November 2009 in

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A ZOO worker came to the aid of an elderly motorist after she had suffered a flat tyre.

Ian Clark, who works with birds of prey at Colchester Zoo, swooped to help 74-year-old Debbie Byrne.

Mrs Byrne said she was moved to tears by the good Samaritan who changed her tyre in Maldon Road, Colchester.

She said: “I was about a mile from the zoo, on my way home to Tiptree. It was really dark and I was quite worried.

“I carried on until I got to the zoo and when I got out I realised that the tyre was flat.”

She didn’t have a mobile phone and thought she was stranded, until Mr Clark came to the rescue, saying “don’t worry. I can sort that out”.

Mrs Byrne said he even refused to borrow the mats from her car to lie on while he worked in the wet road.

She added: “When it came to saying goodbye I just burst into tears. I could not believe how kind he had been. He was just such a lovely young man. I just want to let people know what he did and to publicly say thank you.”