The AA has apologised to an eight months pregnant mum left stranded for seven hours 300 miles from home when her car broke down on the hottest day of the year. Laura Jenkins, 38, was returning home from holiday when her engine failed in the extreme heat and she dialled the AA rescue teams.
Laura – who is 35 weeks pregnant – waited seven hours for assistance as she sweltered in the hear along with her husband and nine-year-old daughter. She was trying to make her way home on the six-hour trip to Newcastle upon Tyne from a holiday in Pendine, Carmarthenshire, when their Kia car broke down shortly into the journey.
The family called the AA at 2.30pm on Tuesday but say a recovery lorry did not arrive until 9.30pm and they were forced to spend an extra night in Wales before a hire car could be sorted to get them home. Laura and husband Justin described it as a “nightmare” especially at her stage and with the extreme heat.
