Police form human chain to rescue driver stranded in flood
West Mercia Police officers smashed the window to rescue the young driver.
Last updated 28th Apr 2023
Officers from Worcester have helped save a young driver from a flooded ford after her car became stuck in the water.
Police received a 999 call that the woman was stuck in the ford between Pershore and Drakes Broughton where, due to heavy rainfall, the ford had been subject to flash flooding.
Emergency services were called with police officers arriving first at the scene discovering the car was already at least 10 metres downstream and submerged underwater.
As the woman was in immediate danger officers acted quickly to rescue her with one officer wading into the water to keep the woman calm while other officers worked on breaking the driver’s window.
After successfully breaking the car window, the woman was pulled through the driver’s side window with officers at the scene forming a human chain to successfully rescue the woman from the vehicle before it sank into the water.
The woman was rescued from the vehicle in the Walcot Lane ford within 20 minutes of the call to police on Tuesday morning (25th April)
Chief Inspector Brian Gibbs said: “Unfortunately the woman found herself in difficulty in the ford and we’re really pleased officers were able to act so swiftly and rescue her before the vehicle sank too far under the water.
"Thankfully she wasn’t injured during the incident."