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Firefighters rescue man from River Foss

Thu 12 Dec

Emergency services at the scene. Photograph: Station Manager Tony Walker on Twitter

Thu 12 Dec 2019  @ 6:51am
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A man has been rescued from the River Foss.

Police, paramedics and fire crews from York, Acomb and Huntington were part of the rescue operation, which used throw lines and ladders.

York Rescue Boat was also called out.

*** Call Out 42/19 ***

The team were called out by @NYorksPolice to reports of a person in the River Foss. As our first crew members arrived on scene we were happy to lern the person has been rescued by @NorthYorksFire and taken into care of @Yorksambulance pic.twitter.com/TzW0BQgM9c

— York Rescue Boat (@yorkrescueboat) December 12, 2019

The man was in the river close to Castle car park. The alarm was raised at 3.18am today (Thursday).

A spokesperson from the Yorkshire Ambulance Service said: “We received a call to reports of a person in the River Foss in York at 3:16am on Thursday 12 December 2019.

Two emergency ambulances and a rapid response vehicle attended the scene and the patient has been taken by ambulance to York Hospital.”

 


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