Dramatic moment hero saves girl, 3, trapped in sinking car caught in Storm Henk flood – as he ties it to a BRIDGE
THIS is the dramatic moment a have-a-go hero saved a toddler trapped in a sinking car caught in Storm Henk flood.
Liam Stych bravely jumped into action when he spotted the car in floodwater in Hall Green, Birmingham, yesterday.
Brits had been told not to leave their homes during the storm yesterday, with forecasters issuing a danger to life warning.
The horror weather claimed the life of a man on the A433 in Gloucestershire yesterday.
But thanks to Mr Stych a three-year-old girls life was saved hours later.
Horror video shows the car trapped as its passengers – the young girl and her mum cry for help.
The hero managed to clamber over a footbridge as the high water pushed the car along the road.
Brave Mr Stych managed to smash a window before pulling the infant out of the back seat and to safety.
The terrifying clip then sees him pass the child over to his partner Tia who is heard telling her: “Mummy’s fine look, mummy’s fine”.
Mr Stych then moved his efforts towards the trapped mum, telling her: “Now’s your time, take my hand and we can go.”
He told the BBC: “At that moment she just put her arms out to me for help. I don’t know how we did it, but we sort of jumped in a way that we made it on to the grass.”
Tia added: “The car was going with the current. It was just scary.”
The hero then secured the vehicle to the bridge to prevent it being washed away.
A father also rescued an unresponsive woman from the freezing River Severn in Worcester after spotting her “floating like a mannequin”.
It comes as…
- Storm Henk today caused travel chaos after the UK braved 94mph winds overnight
- UK weather map reveals areas worst hit by the extreme wind and floods as drivers are pulled from motors
- A castle’s thousand-year-old stone tower crumbled after being battered by the storm
- A picturesque market town was hit by a 2.5 magnitude earthquake at 5.30pm on Tuesday
- Greater Anglia said train services are experiencing “severe disruptions”
Colin McGarva, 31, waded into the fast-flowing river to save the motionless 50-year-old woman.
Families were even forced to abandon their caravans in the Billing Aquadrome in Northampton, this afternoon, thanks to the torrid conditions.
It comes as last nights weather is continuing to cause travel chaos today.
Greater Anglia said train services are experiencing “severe disruptions” due to the storm with “multiple incidents” affecting services across the network.
Meanwhile a joint statement from South Western Railway and Network Rail said that disruptions linked to the storm will continue throughout the day.
The Environment Agency said there were 368 active alerts in England for possible flooding, 322 flood warnings, meaning flooding is expected and, in Northampton, one danger to life severe flood warning.
In Wales there was one severe flood warning, 15 flood warnings and 39 flood alerts, according to Natural Resources Wales.