A good Samaritan was given a parking ticket after he pulled over to help an elderly woman he thought was dying . Student Drew Hollinshead , 21 , stopped in the first space available when he saw the pensioner collapse on the pavement . But as he helped her for less than a minute , a traffic warden put a £70 ticket on his car – because Mr Hollinshead had pulled into a bay for disabled drivers . 'It 's ridiculous ' : When he was slapped with the ticket on his windscreen Mr Hollinshead initially tore it up and threw it in the bin before later going back to pick it up . Yesterday Mr Hollinshead said the way he had been treated was ridiculous and said the council warden could see what was happening . He was driving through Bournemouth when he saw the woman fall to the pavement . He parked and rushed over to help . After discovering she was all right and helping her to her feet , he returned to the car only to find the warden printing the ticket . ‘ I stopped in the disabled bay as it was the nearest place to where the old lady was , ’ he said . Angry : Mr Hollinshead , who is studying marketing and advertising at Bournemouth University , said he was punished for trying to do something good . ‘ There was a space for about four cars and it was completely empty , so it wasn ’ t like somebody was waiting to use it . Under the circumstances , I think it was ridiculous . I saw her fall down and stopped for around 30 to 45 seconds at the most to help her . ‘ I went back to my car and there was a parking officer who was giving me a ticket . He must have seen what I was doing and that I was helping the old lady . ' I asked him why and he said , “ It gives me no great satisfaction to give you this ticket ” . Any normal person would have turned a blind eye when they saw why I had stopped. ’ The undergraduate , who is in his final year of an arts and marketing degree at Bournemouth University , took a photo of the smirking traffic warden during the incident on April 9 and posted it on Twitter . Where it happened : The student was driving along Wimborne Road , Bournemouth , when he saw a pensioner lying on the pavement in nearby Wycliffe Road ( circled ) . He pulled into the disabled bay shown above . Good Samaritan : Drew Hollinshead , 21 , was given a parking fine after stopping to help an elderly woman . He at first tore up the ticket and threw it in a bin but later retrieved it . ‘ It ’ s not the cost , it ’ s the principle , ’ he said . ‘ I tried to do something good and then something bad happened because of it. ’ He was supported by other social media users . One , ShuttleX , said : ‘ I ’ m sorry you got a ticket Drew ( make sure you appeal against it ) but well done for helping the lady who fell over . 'This doesn ’ t surprise me . Parking Services are well known for slapping out tickets in circumstances where common sense should prevail . The council doesn ’ t care , as long as the revenue keeps rolling in. ’ Bournemouth Council posted a message to Mr Hollinshead on Twitter suggesting how he could challenge the ticket . Parking Services operations manager Margaret Leslie said : ‘ Any motorist receiving a fine can appeal against a ticket… We give full consideration into all individual cases and take mitigating circumstances into account . ’
Drew Hollinshead , 21 , stopped as he thought an elderly woman was dying . He pulled over in a space reserved for disabled people and ran to help her . But as he tended to pensioner a warden slapped a ticket on his windscreen . Bournemouth say appeals procedure is available to Mr Hollinshead .