Police say man and dog were killed when car became submerged in fast-flowing water in Hampshire
A man and a dog have died after the car they were travelling in became submerged in 1.5 metres (5ft) of fast-flowing water as it was being driven across a ford.
Officers were called to Compton Wood, Hampshire, just after 9am on Monday after they received reports of the trapped vehicle.
A woman was able to escape from the car but the man had to be recovered from it and was pronounced dead at the scene. The dog also died in the incident, according to fire crews who attended.
A Hampshire police spokesman said: A man has died after the car he was travelling in was submerged in water near Newbury.
A woman was able to get out of the vehicle but a man was recovered from it. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman was taken to Basingstoke and North Hampshire hospital, where she is being treated for shock.
The spokesman said emergency services had attended the scene to recover the car which had become completely submerged in the water.
A Hampshire fire and rescue service spokeswoman said crews from Hampshire and Berkshire had attended the scene after being alerted at 9.07am.
They quickly located the car, which was completely submerged under 5ft of fast-flowing water. The woman from the car had already managed to swim free of the vehicle and reach the bank, she said.
Newbury fire-fighters, who had been joined by a crew from Kingsclere, then mounted a rescue operation using ladders from both sides of the banks of the ford to reach the vehicle. They broke the window of the vehicle and pulled a man free.
The station manager, Mark White, said: On reaching the scene, fire crews made a dynamic assessment and quickly mounted a rescue operation to free the man from the vehicle. Once the man had been pulled free from the vehicle, crews from south central ambulance who were standing by carried out CPR.
A Hampshire police spokeswoman said the conditions on the road, including the impact of recent rainfall on water levels at the ford, would form part of the force's investigation into the death.
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A man and a dog have died after the car they were travelling in became submerged in 1.5 metres (5ft) of fast-flowing water as it was being driven across a ford.
Officers were called to Compton Wood, Hampshire, just after 9am on Monday after they received reports of the trapped vehicle.
A woman was able to escape from the car but the man had to be recovered from it and was pronounced dead at the scene. The dog also died in the incident, according to fire crews who attended.
A Hampshire police spokesman said: A man has died after the car he was travelling in was submerged in water near Newbury.
A woman was able to get out of the vehicle but a man was recovered from it. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman was taken to Basingstoke and North Hampshire hospital, where she is being treated for shock.
The spokesman said emergency services had attended the scene to recover the car which had become completely submerged in the water.
A Hampshire fire and rescue service spokeswoman said crews from Hampshire and Berkshire had attended the scene after being alerted at 9.07am.
They quickly located the car, which was completely submerged under 5ft of fast-flowing water. The woman from the car had already managed to swim free of the vehicle and reach the bank, she said.
Newbury fire-fighters, who had been joined by a crew from Kingsclere, then mounted a rescue operation using ladders from both sides of the banks of the ford to reach the vehicle. They broke the window of the vehicle and pulled a man free.
The station manager, Mark White, said: On reaching the scene, fire crews made a dynamic assessment and quickly mounted a rescue operation to free the man from the vehicle. Once the man had been pulled free from the vehicle, crews from south central ambulance who were standing by carried out CPR.
A Hampshire police spokeswoman said the conditions on the road, including the impact of recent rainfall on water levels at the ford, would form part of the force's investigation into the death.
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