Police came to the rescue of a motorist who was stuck on the A40 after running out of fuel on a dangerous stretch of the route.
Thames Valley Police’s Rural Crime Taskforce team was conducting patrols in the Chipping Norton and Burford area when it found a motorist stranded on Monday evening.
The motorist had a young family with him.
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Officers took the driver to the nearest fuel station to get the occupants back on the road.
A police statement said: "This evening PC Boyes and PC Smith from the TVP Rural Taskforce conducted proactive patrols within the Chipping Norton and Burford area.
"Whilst doing so they encountered a motorist and his young family who were stranded in a dangerous position along the A40 having run out of fuel."
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