A good Samaritan was given a parking ticket after he pulled over to help an elderly woman he thought was dying. Student Drew Hollinshead, 21, stopped in the first space available when he saw the pensioner collapse on the pavement. But as he helped her for less than a minute, a traffic warden put a £70 ticket on his car – because Mr Hollinshead had pulled into a bay for disabled drivers. 'It's ridiculous': When he was slapped with the ticket on his windscreen Mr Hollinshead initially tore it up and threw it in the bin before later going back to pick it up . Yesterday Mr Hollinshead said the way he had been treated was ridiculous and said the council warden could see what was happening. He was driving through Bournemouth when he saw the woman fall to the pavement. He parked and rushed over to help. After discovering she was all right and helping her to her feet, he returned to the car only to find the warden printing the ticket. ‘I stopped in the disabled bay as it was the nearest place to where the old lady was,’ he said. Angry: Mr Hollinshead, who is studying marketing and advertising at Bournemouth University, said he was punished for trying to do something good . ‘There was a space for about four cars and it was completely empty, so it wasn’t like somebody was waiting to use it. Under the circumstances, I think it was ridiculous. I saw her fall down and stopped for around 30 to 45 seconds at the most to help her. ‘I went back to my car and there was a parking officer who was giving me a ticket. He must have seen what I was doing and that I was helping the old lady. 'I asked him why and he said, “It gives me no great satisfaction to give you this ticket”. Any normal person would have turned a blind eye when they saw why I had stopped.’ The undergraduate, who is in his final year of an arts and marketing degree at Bournemouth University, took a photo of the smirking traffic warden during the incident on April 9 and posted it on Twitter. Where it happened: The student was driving along Wimborne Road, Bournemouth, when he saw a pensioner lying on the pavement in nearby Wycliffe Road (circled). He pulled into the disabled bay shown above . Good Samaritan: Drew Hollinshead, 21, was given a parking fine after stopping to help an elderly woman . He at first tore up the ticket and threw it in a bin but later retrieved it. ‘It’s not the cost, it’s the principle,’ he said. ‘I tried to do something good and then something bad happened because of it.’ He was supported by other social media users. One, ShuttleX, said: ‘I’m sorry you got a ticket Drew (make sure you appeal against it) but well done for helping the lady who fell over. 'This doesn’t surprise me. Parking Services are well known for slapping out tickets in circumstances where common sense should prevail. The council doesn’t care, as long as the revenue keeps rolling in.’ Bournemouth Council posted a message to Mr Hollinshead on Twitter suggesting how he could challenge the ticket. Parking Services operations manager Margaret Leslie said: ‘Any motorist receiving a fine can appeal against a ticket… We give full consideration into all individual cases and take mitigating circumstances into account.’
Drew Hollinshead, 21, stopped as he thought an elderly woman was dying.
He pulled over in a space reserved for disabled people and ran to help her.
But as he tended to pensioner a warden slapped a ticket on his windscreen.
Bournemouth Council say appeals procedure is available to Mr Hollinshead.