A young father’s life was saved following a 999 bungle – after his mother sprinted to the ambulance station three doors away.

Chris Upton, 25, collapsed at home and turned blue in the face. His panicked mother, Liz, dialled for an ambulance but says she got a recorded message asking her to hold the line.


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