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Free lifetime transport for mum who gave birth on Alsa coach
17/08/2017
GETTING free rides for life with Spanish coach company Alsa is easy – all you need to do is give birth on board.
A woman went into labour very suddenly on a bus owned by the firm in Marrakech, Morocco, and two other passengers helped delivery a healthy baby girl, Alsa reported this morning.
The driver rang the Civil Protection squad whilst the amateur midwives took care of the mother and infant, both of whom are doing well.
“Our staff always bear in mind that, in exceptional circumstances, priority is given to passengers' safety and the service provided becomes a secondary consideration,” said Alsa's regional director-general, Alberto Pérez.
“So the first thing we were concerned with was looking after the mother and the little girl.”
The mum began experiencing labour pains whilst the coach was on the ringroad around Agafay, a town about 35 kilometres from Marrakech.
As a result, the mother and her daughter have been given passes entitling them to free transport on Alsa coaches for the rest of their lives.
Alsa has been operating in Morocco for 18 years, with bases in the southern city of Agadir and in Tangiers on the north coast, the closest Moroccan city to Spain, with a fleet of 243 coaches nationwide.
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GETTING free rides for life with Spanish coach company Alsa is easy – all you need to do is give birth on board.
A woman went into labour very suddenly on a bus owned by the firm in Marrakech, Morocco, and two other passengers helped delivery a healthy baby girl, Alsa reported this morning.
The driver rang the Civil Protection squad whilst the amateur midwives took care of the mother and infant, both of whom are doing well.
“Our staff always bear in mind that, in exceptional circumstances, priority is given to passengers' safety and the service provided becomes a secondary consideration,” said Alsa's regional director-general, Alberto Pérez.
“So the first thing we were concerned with was looking after the mother and the little girl.”
The mum began experiencing labour pains whilst the coach was on the ringroad around Agafay, a town about 35 kilometres from Marrakech.
As a result, the mother and her daughter have been given passes entitling them to free transport on Alsa coaches for the rest of their lives.
Alsa has been operating in Morocco for 18 years, with bases in the southern city of Agadir and in Tangiers on the north coast, the closest Moroccan city to Spain, with a fleet of 243 coaches nationwide.
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