Barford man rescued from river bank
ON Tuesday night Warwickshire firefighters were called to Barford to help West Midlands Ambulance Service to rescue a man trapped by the river.
At 6.17pm the fire service got the call to head to a river bank near Four Winds, Barford Hill, in the village just south of Warwick where a male had got trapped.
A crew from Leamington along with boats from Rugby attended to find an elderly man trapped on the embankment and crews assisted the ambulance using water rescue equipment, lines and lighting.
They then managed to get the man on board a boat before transferring him to the ambulance.