SOMERSET NEWS: Air ambulances called out as car goes into river

TWO air ambulances were called in to help with a serious accident in Somerset yesterday (Sunday, July 20, 2014) after a car had gone into a river.

The alarm was raised at just after 3.15pm to the incident at Back River Drove in Glastonbury.

Fire engines from Glastonbury and Street, along with a special rescue team from Bridgwater, were mobilised.

Firefighters found that a vehicle had gone into the river and three people had managed to get to dry land, while one male was still in the water with lower back and chest pain.

A further fire crew from Wells was called to attend, along with ambulances.

Two air ambulances and the hazardous area response team arrived on scene and helped with one 16-year-old lad who was suffering from shock and cuts, one 18-year-old female with a suspected broken leg and an eight-year-old child also suffering from shock.

The man still within the water with back and chest injuries was rescued by the specialist team.

A spokesman for the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service told the Yeovil Press: “One male casualty was conveyed to hospital by air ambulance, while another casualty was also taken to hospital by the second air ambulance.

“The Environment Agency was requested to attend due to fuel and oil leaking into the river from the vehicle.”

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