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Westgate Ford incident: Man rescued from car trapped at ford in Weardale
Date of alert:
Thursday, 27 October 2022
Crime Ref:
Force:
Durham Constabulary
A man was dramatically rescued after the car he was travelling in became trapped at a County Durham ford as the river was “rapidly rising”.
Firefighters were called at 2:10pm this afternoon (Wednesday, October 26) to the Westgate Ford, near Stanhope, in Weardale, after a person in a Volkswagen got into difficulties.
Crews from Consett, Middleton & Teesdale, and Bishop Auckland, as well as a boat rescue team from Bishop Auckland, responded to the incident.
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