PARENTS are boycotting an ice cream van after the driver allegedly refused to move when a man collapsed near his vehicle – because he had a good parking space, The Lancashire Telegraph report.
Michael Duxbury, head teacher at St Peter’s RC Primary School in Blackburn, said that he had attempted to persuade the driver to move his van but that he would not.
However, the van driver has rejected the claims, saying he did not refuse to move and he would have parked elsewhere when the emergency services arrived.
The collapsed man, who is believed to be an uncle of a pupil, fell ill outside the school gates and an ambulance was called.
He suffered a head injury and was taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital by a parent, meaning the ambulance was called off before arriving.
However, parents have now organised a boycott of the ice cream van because of the alleged incident.
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