Fire crews rescue man from Pershore ford

11:16am Thursday 1st November 2012 in News Sarah Hickinbotham By Sarah Davies

Man rescued from flooded ford Man rescued from flooded ford

A MOTORIST who became trapped in deep water after he drove into a flooded ford in Pershore had to be rescued by firefighters this morning.

The man was found stood on the roof of his car when crews from Pershore and the water rescue boat from Evesham attended Walcot Ford in Walcot Lane just after 9.10am.

The crew entered the water and walked the 3.8 metre rescue boat to the stranded man, gave him a life jacket to wear and he climbed aboard. He was safely back on dry land by 9.35am.

Crew Commander Richard Young, from Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service, said: “Thankfully the man was not injured in any way but incidents of this nature do have the potential to be very serious, and we would urge motorists to take note of the height indicators near fords and avoid driving through water that appears deeper than normal.”

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Arthur Blenkinsop says...
12:18pm Thu 1 Nov 12

There has been a sign warning of the danger of that ford and the depth of the water for weeks now, on both sides - he should be charged for the rescue for being a prize pratt!

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Arthur Blenkinsop says...
12:18pm Thu 1 Nov 12

There has been a sign warning of the danger of that ford and the depth of the water for weeks now, on both sides - he should be charged for the rescue for being a prize fool!

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Arthur Blenkinsop says...
12:29pm Thu 1 Nov 12

Good Lord, how did all that happen?

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skychip says...
12:53pm Thu 1 Nov 12

Didn't someone else become trapped in a car in that ford before.

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Maggie Would says...
2:04pm Thu 1 Nov 12

Somebody was drowned there a few years ago when his car got swept away by floodwater.

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RobertR says...
7:58pm Thu 1 Nov 12

Pratt!.

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archie33 says...
9:32pm Thu 1 Nov 12

I'll bet it was a 4X4, don't people realize these vehicles are only suitable for going to the supermarket and delivering one small child to school?

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marklewisbcfc says...
2:19am Fri 2 Nov 12

oh dear a bit of a common sense failure appears to of happened here! honestly some people eh!

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