Tis the season to be jolly… and have RTC's too, or so it would seem.
The alerters went off at 20:42 and on getting over to the station I could see that all three lights were up meaning all Normanshurst's pumps were required.
Green Watch were quickly changing their gear over to the PRT, so it didn't take Sherlock Holmes to work out that we were off to another RTC.
Tonights Magical Mystery Tour was to the coast road between Corton and Hopton. This can be a pretty bleak place at the best times, considering you're only about 400m from the North Sea.
We were greeted by a red Ford Ka resting on its nearside and very close to having ended up in a ditch – thankfully not water-filled. The car was stabilised with the Stab-Fast on one side and two sections of the short extension ladder on the ditch side.
Everyone pitched in setting up the equipment dump – cutters, spreaders, combi-tool, two generators, Glass Master, teardrops, lighting and all the other paraphenalia that may be needed to get the young female driver out of the car.
Fairly quickly the roof was peeled back and numerous helping hands gently lowered the driver on to the waiting ambulance trolley. The ambulance crew then tended to the casualty while we made up all the gear and headed for home.
Considering how close we were to the Suffolk / Norfolk border, we were all surprised that Norfolk hadn't snaffled this incident for themselves. But perhaps they had. Perhaps they know that before too long Lowestoft will be going native and transferring to Norfolk!
Take a look at how the Alerter website is taking shape. You can now see brief reports of shouts that we attend – updated as soon as possible after our return and even install the Normanshurst Desktop Alerter.
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