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Driver rescued after pushed downstream

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squaddie_fox:
i have been through flood water at around 3 foot in my old fiesta (05 plate,  :-$ ) though it hardly had a flow to it and didn't have the standard filter connected in the normal way as i used to have to go through a few fords. the porsche cayenne driver that was stuck in the middle was a bit bemused. he decided that the best way to get through was at about 50 mph i followed through just after and drove around him. :dance:

J.D.:
Recovery of the aforementioned vehicle.....Thought these might be of interest to those who know Lands End Ford and the dangers associated with it. The vehicle was washed downstream in Dec 2009, and I was contracted to remove it, which took place a couple of days ago. Although the depth at the ford was 2 ft, you can see the depth of the water where the vehicle is... :D The vehicle was removed succesfully using my own vehicle (Phoenix) and one of the winch tractors..

The driver in question was an 18 year old girl, who was damn lucky to get out alive. She was rescued by the farmer's wife as it was 3am (!) when she drove in there. Fortunately, to this date there has not been a fatality there.






































(Can you tell I like using window poppers?)




(Extracting it to the road, 3/4 mile away)


(Extracting it to the road, 3/4 mile away)






(Pair of posers!)

Disco Matt:
I'd be worried about getting swept away while trying to attach the tow chains - plus how on earth do you get a bonnet open and the chains in under that much water? Looks like a SCUBA job!  :lol:

J.D.:
To get it from under the tree to the shallower water, I used the A pillars and the rotator to lift and pull at the same time. Once it was in shallower water, normally I would have used the chassis, but the bank was too steep, it would have winched itself into the bank, so the front smash plate was used to lift the front end up over the bank. If it was winched from the start, the car would have been driven deeper into the silt, rather than being lifted out of it. In SCUBA gear, you would have had no chance of holding yourself steady in the current, and there were way too many snag hazards for it to be possible.

You can't see in the photos, but there is a rescue boom across the river at 45 degrees downstream, and a guy on each bank with a throwline.

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