Firefighters called to village to rescue man stuck in a hole in the ground
Firefighters were called to a village near Shrewsbury following reports of a man stuck in a hole in the ground.
Crews from Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to Mill Lane, at Ruyton-XI-Towns near Shrewsbury at about 8.50pm.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service has confirmed the man involved was a utility company worker who they helped out of the one-metre hole.
Three fire appliances including the rescue tender were mobilised from Baschurch, Shrewsbury and Wellington.
An Operations officer was in attendance.
A statement from the West Midlands Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 8.42pm to reports that a patient had fallen into a hole nearby to Mill Lane in Shrewsbury.
"One ambulance and a paramedic officer attended the scene. Upon arrival we found a man who had sustained non-life threatening injuries. He received treatment at the scene and was conveyed to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital for further assessment.”
