Two rescued as car with L-plates crashes in water from harbour slipway

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Two people were rescued after plunging into a Welsh harbour (Image: HSLNews - Pembrey & Burry Port/WALES NEWS SERVICE)
Two people were rescued after plunging into a Welsh harbour (Image: HSLNews - Pembrey & Burry Port/WALES NEWS SERVICE)

Two people were rescued from a vehicle with a learned plate on it when it crashed in the water from a harbour slipway.

Emergency services rushed to Burry Port Harbour in Carmarthenshire, Wales, at around 9pm on Thursday after the car dropped approximately five metres.

Two people who were inside the vehicle were rescued by Mid and West Wales Fire Service using a seven-metre ladder.

They were helped out of the car and rescued from the mud in the harbour before being checked over by paramedics, reports Wales Online.

A statement from Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service read: "At 9.05pm on Thursday, April 13, crews from Llanelli, Carmarthen and Swansea Central were called to an incident at Burry Port Harbour.

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Two rescued as car with L-plates crashes in water from harbour slipwayTwo people were rescued from the car (Nathan Davies/WALES NEWS SERVICE)

"One private motor vehicle had left the harbour slipway and dropped approximately 5 metres with two casualties inside.

"Both casualties were rescued by the crews using a seven-metre ladder, who were then checked over by the paramedics in attendance.

"Dyfed-Powys Police and the Coastguard were also in attendance and Fire and Rescue Service boats were also utilised as part of this incident. Crews left the scene at 9.44pm."

Two rescued as car with L-plates crashes in water from harbour slipwayEmergency services rushed to Burry Port Harbour on Thursday (Nathan Davies/WALES NEWS SERVICE)


A Dyfed-Powys Police spokesman added: "We were called to reports of a car crashing into Burry Port Harbour at 8.45pm on Thursday, April 13.

"Officers attended along with fire service and Coastguard.

"The tide was out at the time and two people were helped from the car and the mud in the harbour."

Robert Dalling

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