Mother who dumped her car on double yellows to rush daughter to hospital spared fine

Mother who dumped her car on double yellows to rush her daughter, 2, into A&E returns to finds touching note from paramedics who talked parking warden out of giving her a ticket

  • Sarah Moore was terrified when her daughter, Lacie, cracked her head on a door 
  • Raced to A&E past paramedics, who warned her she’d parked on double yellows  
  • Traffic warden then told ambulance staff Ms Moore could park in ambulance bay 

A mother who ditched her car on double yellows as she rushed her daughter into A&E returned to her vehicle to find paramedics had talked her out of a ticket.

Sarah Moore from Morecambe had hastily parked as she raced into the emergency department with two-year-old Lacie-Christina Moore, who had split her head open.

She expected to find a heavy fine when she returned, but instead discovered a touching note.

Sarah Moore returned to her car the find this kindhearted note on the vehicle

Sarah Moore (left, with daughter Lacie Christina) returned to her car the find this kindhearted note (right) on the vehicle 

North West Private Liaison Service staff had penned a short letter, explaining they had ‘sweet talked’ a traffic warden into not giving her a penalty.

The warden even let her move the car into an ambulance bay across the road from the hospital while her daughter was being treated. 

Ms Moore said: ‘They didn’t have to do that, it made things a lot easier. I was fully expecting to come out of the hospital and to have a parking ticket, I had come to terms with that, they made me feel a lot happier and made it so much easier.’

She had been at her grandmother’s with her daughter when Lacie cracked her head on a door hinge on July 2.  

The mother admitted she was terrified and feared passing out as she saw blood ‘all over her face and in her mouth’. 

‘It happened at my nan’s,’ she said. ‘Lacie was running between the patio doors and me, my nan has doors that open inwards so the hinges are on the inside.

‘Lacie tripped on the carpet and hit the hinges, I thought she was alright at first but when I picked her up there was blood everywhere. 

‘When I saw the blood I thought I was going to pass out. I felt so ill, I asked my grandma to take Lacie and we put loads of towels on her to stop the blood but it was everywhere, all over her face and in her mouth.

‘There was no time to call for an ambulance so I just put her in the car and got her there in 15 minutes, it was scary.’ 

After racing to the hospital, she dumped her car as quickly as she could and ran inside with her injured child.

As paramedics saw her bursting into the hospital, they tried to warn her about a ticket, only for the fearful mother to shout back: ‘I’m not bothered.’ 

But she returned to her car to find a note reading: ‘Good afternoon, we noticed you left your car here as you rushed your child into A&E.

‘We spoke with the traffic warden and told him about your situation and managed to sweet talk him into letting you off under the circumstances.

‘He wanted to us to let you know that you can leave the car in the ambulance bay across the road.

‘We hope the little one is okay, kindest regards, staff at the North West Private Ambulance Liaison Services (NWPALS).’ 

 

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