Kidderminster heroes honoured for saving drug addict who overdosed and elderly car crash victim
A council worker and a detective from Kidderminster have been awarded national life-saving honours for two separate incidents in which they brought people back from the brink of death.
Wyre Forest Council worker, Darren Harker, saved the life of a drug addict who took an overdose in public toilets in Brinton Park.
West Mercia Police's DC Aaron Johnson has received his honour for resuscitating the elderly victim of a horror crash in Kidderminster Road South.
The incident involving Mr Harker happened last year on the morning of October 13. Mr Harker was on duty when a man who had just injected himself with heroin in some public toilets raised the alarm over a friend who had taken a drug overdose and suffered a heart attack.
Despite the risks involved to himself Mr Harker went into the toilet which was dirty and littered with needles on the ground and immediately began administering CPR.
