A GRANDMOTHER who was left unable to move after becoming trapped in mud had to be rescued by firefighters. On-call firefighters from Wethersfield and Thaxted were called to Little Bardfield Road, Little Bardfield, shortly before 3.10pm on Friday. Upon arrival crews discovered a woman in her seventies who was stuck in a muddy field, having saved her grandchildren from a similar situation. Station manager Darren Driscoll said: The woman was walking with her grandsons across fields when the boys, aged seven and nine, became stuck in mud. She helped them out but then got stuck herself; one of her legs was trapped up to the top of her thigh and she couldn t move.
A grandmother has been rescued from a muddy field in Little Bardfield by firefighters
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A pensioner who helped free her grandchildren from a muddy field in Little Bardfield and then got stuck herself has been rescued by firefighters.
The woman in her 70s was walking with her grandsons across fields about a quarter of a mile from Little Bardfield Road when the boys, aged seven and nine, became stuck in mud, at around 3.08pm on Friday (January 15).
She waded in to free them but one of her legs became trapped to the top of her thigh and she was unable to move.