A Bath councillor has hit out at the lack of help he received from passersby as he battled to save the life of a pensioner.
Councillor Dave Laming (Ind, Lambridge) performed CPR and mouth to mouth on the 89-year-old lady for almost ten minutes, before someone eventually called an ambulance.
During that time he was unable to reach his phone, and has called the people who walked by without stopping selfish.
Cllr Laming said: "I was screaming at people to call an ambulance, but they were just walking and driving by.
"I think it is wrong that people are not willing to get involved, where is the community spirit?
"I am not saying we could have saved her, but if someone had called for an ambulance sooner we might have had a better chance.
"It is a very selfish attitude."
Cllr Laming was in his car on the phone when he saw the elderly woman walking by on the other side of the road.
Suddenly she stumbled and fell face down on the pavement.
Cllr Laming said: "I saw her going past, she was wobbling and stumbling and leaned against the fence.
"I thought something was wrong so ended my call and started to walk over to her.
"Then she collapsed face down, and I ran to her and started CPR on her."
During this time Cllr Laming couldn't reach his phone, which was in his pocket, and couldn't stop CPR to get it.
A number of people walked or drove by, and Cllr Laming shouted to them for help.
However his cries were ignored.
Eventually a couple stopped and called the ambulance.
Sadly paramedics were not able to save the woman.
Cllr Laming said: "I couldn't get to my phone as I couldn't stop giving her CPR.
"People were stopping to look, but when I screamed at them to call an ambulance they just walked on by.
"I think it is a sad state of affairs when people are not willing to help in a situation like this."
