Martine Patey even gave the stranded sheep a lift home (Picture: Brighton & Hove buses)

A hero bus driver saved a lost sheep from a busy road – by using her handbag strap as a lasso.

Martine Patey was driving a Rail Replacement bus along the A27 near Eastbourne, East Sussex on Sunday, February 26 when she noticed a coach stopped with its hazards on.

She then saw a ‘flash of white’ dart out from behind the vehicle into the major road – which runs between Pevensey in East Sussex and Whiteparish in Hampshire – causing havoc among passing cars.

Martine quickly realised the source of the mayhem was a lost sheep.

Rather than continue on, she decided to pull over and donned her high-vis jacket as she began her attempts to rescue the scared creature.

At first, she tried to coax the farm animal out of the road.

Would ewe believe it!?