Firefighters rescue West Dorset motorists from flood water

FIREFIGHTERS rescued people from a car that had become stuck in 9ins of flood water.

Crews from Beaminster, Bridport and a special rescue team from Weymouth were called to the A3066 at Melplash just before 12.30am today.

Firefighters pushed the vehicle to safety where the occupants were looked after by police officers.

Comments(10)

WeyDave says...
10:29am Sat 26 Jan 13

FIREFIGHTERS rescued people from a car that had become stuck in 9ins of flood water.

Really?? 9 inches?

That's just above my ankles!

Were they friends of snow white?

shy talk says...
12:55pm Sat 26 Jan 13

Not Happy then !!!!!

monkeydog says...
2:19pm Sat 26 Jan 13

Two crews, a rescue team and police! Must have been someone very important. A Weymouth councillor perhaps.

stench says...
2:20pm Sat 26 Jan 13

WeyDave wrote:
FIREFIGHTERS rescued people from a car that had become stuck in 9ins of flood water. Really?? 9 inches? That's just above my ankles! Were they friends of snow white?
hahahahaha

MMM444 says...
2:42pm Sat 26 Jan 13

Firecrews from 2 stations, and a rescue crew to push a car out of 9 inches of water????, And where the hell were the SAS when you need them, Glad this dangerous rescue came to a safe conclusion

TenBobDylanThomasHardy says...
3:32pm Sat 26 Jan 13

Editor, when is 12:30 a.m.? Should that be 00:30?

NearlyLocal says...
4:15pm Sat 26 Jan 13

MMM444 wrote:
Firecrews from 2 stations, and a rescue crew to push a car out of 9 inches of water????, And where the hell were the SAS when you need them, Glad this dangerous rescue came to a safe conclusion
Brilliant!!

Laadeeda says...
9:48pm Sat 26 Jan 13

MMM444 wrote:
Firecrews from 2 stations, and a rescue crew to push a car out of 9 inches of water????, And where the hell were the SAS when you need them, Glad this dangerous rescue came to a safe conclusion
SAS, surely SBS would be better placed for such an aquatic emergency of national importance!!!!!!!!

zillion says...
9:06am Sun 27 Jan 13

oh dear another motorist stuck in a flood being rescued, personally if I come across a flood I am not sure about I have too options,
don't drive through it or wait till someone else drives through before I do,
simples just need to "test the water" ,,,

incidentally driving through deep flood last year cost me a fair old bill for replacing the gaiters to my shock abs which got ripped off,

and as for the West Stafford By Pass why has it NOT yet been sorted, it has been closed most of the last 6 months ...

and in the meantime I have various drivers coming past my otherwise quiet house every minute and I might add at a rather stupido speed ,,, not long before someone knocks one of the elderly residents down on one of the bends in West Stafford where there is no pavement,

SLOW DOWN everyone please,

high68 says...
9:29pm Sun 27 Jan 13

9 inches. ha ha ha ha ha priceless

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