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BBC News
15-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Praise for Cannock fireman who saved football fan's life
The family of a man who went into cardiac arrest at a football match have thanked the off-duty firefighter who helped to save his Wright, 60, fell ill while he was watching the Hednesford Town v Congleton Town match in Hednesford, Staffordshire, on 3 son Jake Wright called for help while his brother phoned an ambulance before Ade Wilkes, who was also watching the game, appeared and told Jake he knew what to began to carry out CPR, taking turns with an off-duty paramedic, and a defibrillator was used four times before an ambulance arrived. Stuart, from Cannock, was taken to hospital where he has been recovering after being diagnosed with a leak in one of his heart who lives in Rugeley, said he knew something was wrong when he saw his father leaning against a added: "I thought he was just celebrating and that any minute he'd lift up his arms but he didn't, and when I got closer to him I realised he was out of it." 'Outstanding gentleman' Jake said Mr Wilkes "came out of nowhere" and believed the worst could have happened if he had not been there to wife Larraine Wright described Mr Wilkes as an "outstanding gentleman"."If it wasn't for Ade's quick actions and professionalism that day, it would have been a very different outcome, he saved Stuart's life," she Wilkes, an on-call firefighter based at Cannock Fire Station, has since received a special award at the school where he works as a pastoral said it was a "completely different" experience for him but that he did what he knew he had to do."I'm chuffed to bits to know Stuart survived and is going to be OK," he said. Follow BBC Stoke & Staffordshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Yahoo
Natchitoches suspect arrested with narcotics, firearms and stolen gun
DISCLAIMER: All persons are innocent until proven guilty. NATCHITOCHES, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — On Wednesday, at approximately 11:50 a.m. Natchitoches Parish officers conducted a traffic stop, which led to the arrest of a convicted felon. They found illegal narcotics, drug paraphernalia, a stolen firearm, and U.S. currency, according to Natchitoches Parish Sheriff Stuart Wright. Deputies stopped the driver for a traffic violation, and when they said they smelled a 'strong marijuana smoke odor.' Casson admitted that he had recently smoked marijuana. Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Office (NPSO) deputies reported the driver, 43-year-old Nicholas J. Casson, was a convicted felon with a history of narcotics and weapons charges. NPSO Deputy C. Halliburton made the arrest. NPSO says they discovered and seized: 5 grams of suspected marijuana Brass knuckles A loaded handgun, reported stolen from Rapides Parish. Multiple bags of suspected crack cocaine and powder cocaine Oxycodone pills Digital scale, cigar rollers, and drug packaging materials $773.00 in small denominations Two cell phones Sheriff's office dealing with rash of ATV thefts in Natchitoches NPSO says Casson was charged with: Improper Use of Turn Signals Possession of Marijuana Possession of Oxycodone (LA RS 40:967C) Two counts of Possession with Intent to Distribute Schedule II Narcotics Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon Possession of a Firearm in the Presence of CDS Possession of a Stolen Firearm Second or Subsequent Narcotics Offense He was placed under arrest without incident, transported, and booked into LaSalle Corrections/Natchitoches Detention Center. NPSO Detectives will contact Rapides Sheriff's Detectives about the recovered stolen firearm. The investigation remains ongoing. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Yahoo
Tournament fishermen save elderly man from drowning, says Natchitoches Sheriff
NATCHITOCHES PARISH, La. (KTAL/KMSS)—The Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Office commends the heroic actions of two Rapides Parish men whose quick thinking saved an elderly man's life. According to a social media post, Sheriff Stuart Wright says Brock Newcomb, 32, and Tyler Dauzat, 35, were fishing in a tournament on the Cane River on February 8, when they came around a bend and saw a car in the river. Wright says an 80-year-old man was inside the 2018 Honda Accord, which had veered off the road on La—Hwy 494 near the Bermuda community. The vehicle traveled down an embankment and plunged into the Cane River. As the car was sinking, the two men pulled the 80-year-old from the vehicle. More Local News The post went on to read that they took him to the Shell Beach boat launch for medical aid. Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Deputies, Louisiana State Police, Cane River Patrol, Natchitoches Regional Medical Center EMS, La. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and the NPSO Dive Team responded to the scene. The elderly man is recovering at a hospital in Lafayette. 'What Brock and Tyler did was nothing short of heroic. They risked their own safety to help a stranger in need, and without their intervention, the outcome could have been much worse,' said Sheriff Wright, in a statement. 'We are incredibly grateful for their swift response and bravery.' Wright says both men downplayed their actions. Both said they just did what anyone would do. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
