'It wasn't bus driver's fault'
AFTER returning from a counter-terrorism mission in one of the world's most dangerous places, Ben Remfrey was laid up at home yesterday after accidentally stepping out in front of a bus.
The 50-year-old founder of the former Mines Awareness Trust and MBE was rushed to hospital after the collision, which took place on the Bridge just after 11.30am.
His encounter with the bus was severe enough to crack its windscreen.
'I want to say sorry because it certainly wasn't the bus driver's fault,' he said, after being discharged from hospital.
'I would like to thank all the paramedics, in particular I'd like to thank people who were first on the scene.'
Mr Remfrey said he could not breathe after being knocked to the ground.
He suffered a bruised lung, bruised ribs, bruises and two breaks in his hand.
'One of the people I'd like to thank in particular was off-duty fireman Tom Rihoy, who was first on the scene,' he said.
'Tom did a brilliant job in immobilising me until the paramedics got there. There was another off-duty paramedic who was one of the first ones there as well and he also did a fantastic job. Everyone was brilliant.'
Mr Remfrey said he had just been evacuated from Libya a few weeks ago due to problems with rebel fighting.
As country director of a Swiss company working on behalf of the US Department of State, he had been in Libya since January hunting for dangerous weapons that could be used for terrorism and decommissioning them.
