A man who drove 140 miles in the middle of the night to visit his dying father was hit with a £100 parking fine after he forgot to buy a ticket.
David Ridsdale received a call from his mother at 3am on November 27 to say that his elderly father had been rushed to hospital after a fall.
He immediately set about making the lengthy journey from Nottingham to the North East in what were, at the time, treacherous conditions, as reported by Teesside Live.
