Reunited: Daisy, teddy and an M6 miracle
Little Daisy Jewkes was horrified when her favourite teddy bear flew out of the car window while her family was driving along the M6.
The four-year-old thought the brown bear, called Old Teddy, was lost forever after she dropped him from the back window of her parents' car as they drove through roadworks on the M6 near Cannock.
But, amazingly, a group of kind-hearted workmen found the bear in the central reservation and have now reunited the devoted pair.
Daisy's mother Nicola Jewkes said: "I couldn't believe it and neither could Daisy. She was completely overwhelmed. Her face lit up when she got the bear back in her hands."
Daisy cried out when she dropped her precious Old Teddy and Mrs Jewkes watched it fall onto the central reservation of the highway.
The family was driving back home to Brierley Hill after a visit to Scotland.
But the resourceful 36-year-old emailed the Highways Agency asking them to keep an eye out for Old Teddy and amazingly, a week later, they got in touch to say they had found the bear and wanted to return it.
Withymoor Pre School pupil Daisy was reunited with Old Teddy in a moving ceremony which was held on her fourth birthday at highway firm Carillion's Cannock offices.
Carillion manager David Smith had even washed Old Teddy before handing him over.
"I got the email and asked the guys to look out for the teddy and within days we found him in the central reservation. He was dirty, but after a wash he was perfect again.
"The look on the girl's face was absolutely fantastic when she got him back. We were delighted to help." Daisy has now written a thank you letter to the kind-hearted workmen who helped reunite her with Old Teddy.
