A "heroic" bus driver who performed CPR on a man who collapsed from a suspected heart attack has received an award.
Paul McCarthy, who is based at Stagecoach East's Peterborough depot, was just a trainee when the man knocked on his bus door complaining of heart pain on February 6.
Mr McCarthy had many years of first aid experience, putting the man into the recovery position and performing CPR when he stopped breathing.
When emergency services arrived to take the gentleman to hospital, Paul "was able to calmly continue taking his other passengers to their destinations", Stagecoach East confirmed.
Presenting him with the Mick Capper Award at the depot, Stagecoach East managing editor Darren Roe said he was "very proud" of Mr McCarthy.
The annual award is available to all Stagecoach East's staff and is named in remembrance of a local and "well-respected" driver who died during the Covid pandemic.
Mr Roe added: "I am very proud of everything that Paul has been able to do in his relatively short time with us.
"His quick thinking, and calm and professional approach to this incident were genuinely heroic."
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