Car pulled out of 'knee height' flood water in Fordingbridge
There's a warning from emergency crews to be cautious in standing water
A car's had to be rescued from flood waters reaching up to 'knee height' on the A338 at Fordingbridge.
Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service and police officers were called out yesterday morning (Sunday 8th January) before sunrise, to help a stranded driver.
A passing 4x4 vehicle came to their assistance, by towing the vehicle and its occupants to safety.
The vehicle has suffered a large amount of internal damage, after water got in, as well as unknown mechanical damage.
Further incident on site
While emergency crews were on the scene of the incident, there could have potentially been further problems, due to drivers not travelling according to the weather conditions.
Firefighters were in the flood waters at the scene, with multiple blue light vehicles around, but another can drove straight towards them, at what police have described as 'inappropriate speed'.
That caused some water spray affecting the crew's work, and needed police to challenge the driver's behaviour to protect their colleagues.
Advice to others
With more heavy rain forecast over the coming days, the advice from Hampshire Police and the county's Fire Service is to 'always respect the power of nature'.
They've called on drivers not to 'overestimate' their abilities.