WOULD you help a man lying injured in the street or would you cross the road and hope someone else does?

One woman from Abbots Langley did not have to think twice when she saw pensioner Brian Stuart, covered in blood on the pavement as she was driving along College Road with her mother.

Brian, 70, of Cardiff Way had been trying to kick a stone out of the road to help oncoming traffic, when he lost his footing and hit his head on the pavement.

Claire Hearn, of Margaret Close, said: “I was driving towards him just as it happened and my mother, Marie, saw him fall.

“When I saw Brian my first thought was that he was having a heart attack or stroke, but then I saw all the blood.

“We stopped immediately and I pulled over, at which point another gentleman, a taxi driver, was already with him.

“I tried to get him to sit down and then I called for an ambulance.

“I was trying to take in all that the emergency services were telling me in case his condition had deteriorated.

“My mother was trying to place tissues on his nose and forehead to try and stop the bleeding. It was hopeless as there was so much blood. Then a man in a van stopped and thankfully had a first aid kit and bandaged his forehead so that it stopped a lot of the bleeding.

“I dread to think what may have happened if he had not stopped.”

Brian told the Watford Observer: “It is so nice to know there are still people who will help when someone is in need.

“If it was not for these good Samaritans, who knows what could have happened to me.

“I am so grateful to the people who stayed with me, I wish I could get in touch with them to thank them for all they did for me.”

Claire, 30, said: “I saw the article in the Watford Observer and it was so lovely to see him in the paper and to read the story.

“I am glad to see he appears to be doing well.

“My mother and I were wondering how he was doing and hoped that we would spot him or his wife in the village or near where the accident happened, as we live nearby.

“He was such a lovely man and did not complain once about the accident or that he was in any pain.

“His injuries were just awful.

“There is no need to thank us.

“I would have done it for anyone in need, as I would hope someone would stop for me if I was in need.”