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Liverpool Echo
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Lee Grimsditch

Lime Street station staff rush to aid of man on brink of collapse

Staff at Lime Street station ran to help a man struggling to stay conscious while trying to make his journey home.

Adam Evans from Allerton was waiting for the train back home from Lime Street Station on Monday evening when he began to feel "strange".

Adam, who has type one diabetes, wears a monitor that was indicating his blood sugars had dropped which he says may have been due to the cold.

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Adam said: "On my way back, while I was waiting for the train, I felt strange and then thought 'oh dear'.

"Normally I carry emergency supplies with me, however, I'd used them up earlier in the day but I thought to myself I'll probably get home before I go low, but that didn't happen."

The 24-year-old volunteer with the youth mental health charity YPAS said his monitor indicated his blood sugar levels were "extremely low".

He added: "Normally when I go extremely low I can't get the words out of my mouth. I can't speak and I slow down.

"I can be totally out of it. I can also appear to other people to be drunk or under the influence, that sort of thing.

"I was about to get on the train and I stopped to gather myself and I looked at the guard as if to say I'm in trouble here.

"I managed to explain what was happening to him as he was getting the train ready to go."

The train guard called through on his radio and several staff members rushed to down to Adam's aid.

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Adam said: "I told them I need sugar, I need a drink. At this time I was not fully compos mentis."

Staff were able to quickly sit him down and get him a sugary soft drink and waited with him for his blood sugar levels to return to normal.

Type one diabetic Adam Evans, 24, from Allerton struggled on a train journey home after his blood sugar levels dropped 'extremely low'. (Adam Evans)

After a short while, Adam's levels came back up and he was able to continue his journey home.

After making it back safely he posted a message on Twitter to thank the staff that came to his aid.

Adam said he wears a wristband that explains his condition which he has shown people when he has been unable to speak, or if they have found him collapsed which has happened in the past.

He added: "I'm hugely grateful for them. This is not the only time it's happened and had they not been there the situation could have been worse.

"I had to make a split decision at that moment - do I get on this train or not? After getting off the train it still would have been a five minute walk to my home and I might not have made that.

"They handled it extremely well."

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