Fire crews free child from locked car

Ipswich: Fire fighters cut child free from locked car in Elderberry Road

Chris Harris Friday, October 12, 2012
9:12 AM

FIRE crews were scrambled after a child was locked inside a car in Ipswich.

A crew from Ipswich East fire station was called to Elderberry Road at 11.39am.

A spokesman for Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service said the child - whose gender and age was not disclosed - was freed within a quarter of an hour of the crew arriving.

Fire fighters, who used specialist cutting equipment to get into the car, were back at their bases shortly after midday.

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1 comments

"child locked inside a car"? Why not simply unlock the car? How did it happen, and why? Surely the entire story is missing.

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Rolf

Saturday, October 13, 2012