Beach cleaner honoured for saving man's life

A beach cleaner has been hailed as a lifesaver after he delivered CPR to a man who had collapsed.

Peter Jones has been awarded a major national lifesaving honour and will receive a Royal Humane Society Resuscitation Certificate.

Jones was driving his seafront truck along the Marine Parade beach promenade in Sheerness when he saw the man, a seafront regular, who had collapsed while talking to two women.

Jones immediately began administering cardiac pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and continued for 10 minutes until an ambulance arrived. The man's heart re-started after three shocks from a defibrillator and he went on to make a full recovery.

He is now back riding his bike along the seafront and has thanked Jones for saving his life.

Before receiving his award, Jones received praise from Andrew Chapman, secretary of the Royal Humane Society.

He said: "Without doubt he was the right person in the right place at the right time.

"The two women who had been chatting to the man did not know what to do to help him when he collapsed, but Peter arrived and immediately began administering CPR.

"It undoubtedly played a major role in bringing the man back to life.

"Peter richly deserves the award he is to receive."

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