Family pay tribute to man who died following bus incident in Telford
The family of a 92 year-old man who sadly died after a bus incident in Telford have paid tribute to him.
Joseph James Stockton, from Telford, was involved in a bus incident on Sutton Way, near Sutton Hill, on Thursday 3 September.
As the bus approached its next stop the driver performed an emergency stop manoeuvre. Mr Stockton was stood up on the bus in order to disembark and as a result of the emergency brake he fell to the floor. He was taken to hospital for treatment but sadly later died from his injuries.
The family have released the following tribute:
"We are devastated to announce the sudden tragic death of Joseph James Stockton (Jim), aged 92, who lived in Telford but was formerly from Wolverhampton.
Jim was the father of Sue and Mike, grandfather of Robin, Richard and Philip, and great grandfather of Bella.
He will be greatly missed by all of his family, their partners and many friends.
If anyone has any information regarding this terrible incident we implore them to contact the police as soon as possible."
Police would still like to hear from anyone who may have witnessed the incident, to call 101, quoting incident number 358s of Thursday 3rd September.
