Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Fire crews rescue large lady in bath

Fire crews rushed to hoist a lady out of the bath after she wedged herself in.

The 70-year-old woman, of Groomsland Drive, Billingshurst, raised the alarm when she found herself stuck around 9.30am. But when ambulance crews failed to shift her, they called for back-up.

A West Sussex fire and rescue spokesman said: "We were called out to a large lady who was stuck in her bath.

"She was 70-years-old and she couldn't get out, she had bad ankles and bad knees.

"The ambulance had had a pull and a heave so we went out and assisted the lady.

"We didn't use any equipment – just manpower and strength and she seemed to be ok, no problems."

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