Restaurant owner rescues woman from submerged car in Leicestershire Woman rescued in Great Glen as East Midlands ambulance service declares first ever critical incident amid wide-scale flooding.
A restaurant owner in the village of Great Glen went to the aid of a woman who was struggling in her submerged car after severe flooding hit the area on Monday morning.
The service said “significant patient demand, pressure within local hospitals and flooding across the East Midlands” had led to it putting out “more ambulance resource than ever before” when it triggered the alert at 6pm on Monday.
Dramatic footage showed a woman being rescued from a submerged car in Leicestershire after a critical incident was declared in the region due to wide-scale flooding.
East Midlands ambulance service declared a critical incident for the first time in its history, with flooding partly responsible for the level of escalation.
