Man rescued from river
Riverside Place, Colchester
11/02/2016 @ 14:30
Incident Number: 2036
In attendance: 2 x Colchester
Firefighters have rescued a man from the River Colne near Riverside Place, Colchester.
The casualty was left in the care of the Ambulance Service at 14:54hrs.
Station Commander Lee Palfreyman said: "We found the man clinging onto reeds in extremely cold water.
"Crews did a brilliant job putting their training into practice. They quickly got a line around him and pulled him to safety."