At 7.45pm on Saturday, January 31st, the Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service crews from Talgarth and Crickhowell Fire Stations were called to an incident at Pengenffordd near Talgarth.
The crews responded to a road traffic collision involving one private motor vehicle. The vehicle had left the roadway and rolled down an embankment and landed on its roof in a stream.
Rapid extraction was required due to one casualty being trapped in the vehicle, with water entering the vehicle and the stream’s water level rising rapidly. The crews utilised e-draulic cutting equipment, lifejackets, one spineboard, lighting and one short-extension ladder.
The casualty was successfully extricated from the vehicle with minor injuries and was placed in the care of Ambulance Service paramedics. The crews left the scene at 9.51pm.
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