Awards after fight to save Lord King's life
A transport police officer and two underground workers who fought to save the life of Lord King of West Bromwich after he collapsed at a train station are to receive top national life-saving awards.
Former Sandwell Council leader Lord Tarsem King, who became the first Sikh life peer in the House of Lords in 1999, was at the exit barrier at Euston underground station on the afternoon of January 8 this year when he collapsed.
Underground workers Simon Burley and Darren Hurst and British Transport Police Pc Antony Mart rushed to his assistance.
Mr Burley set up a defibrillator while Mr Hurst administered pulmonary cardiac massage and PC Mart gave Lord King the kiss-of-life. He died two days later aged 76.
The three are now to receive Royal Humane Society resuscitation certificates for their actions.
Royal Humane Society secretary Dick Wilkinson, said: "They managed to bring him back from the brink of death during the incident and although he sadly died later they gave him the best possible chance of survival."
Lord King, served on Sandwell Council from 1979 to 2007 and served as deputy mayor from 1982 to 1983, and council leader between 1997 to 2001.
Lord King was patron of the Universal Peace Federation, hosting the UN International Women's Day for several years and human rights conferences. He was made an Honorary Freeman of Sandwell in 2009 and has been credited for laying the foundations for the way in which the council now runs.
