A Birmingham bus driver is being hailed a hero after stopping a woman motorist being carjacked. Muhammad Shahid Mahmood got out of his bus and went to the aid of the woman who was being attacked in Hall Green. His quick-thinking and bravery has been rewarded by being nominated for an award.
Muhammed was behind the wheel of the National Express Number 5 service travelling between Birmingham and Solihull last September when the drama happened. The bus was in Robin Hood Lane when he saw a man attacking a female motorist and trying to take her mobile phone.
After safely securing his bus, he got out and shouted at the attacker telling him to stop, and the would-be thief ran away.
Muhammad, joined by a few of his customers, then went to make sure the victim was okay and called the police and then got back on his bus and carried on his route as normal. His actions have now earned him a nomination for National Express’s Group Values Award. He was put forward by his fellow bus drivers at the Acocks Green garage.
Muhammad has been driving buses from the Acocks Green depot for nine years. He has already won a National Express Bus Safety award for his actions, but now he’s been put forward for the international version where he’ll be up against colleagues from Spain, Bahrain, America, Germany and across the UK.
The awards ceremony tookplace in London Thursday, April 27.
