Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service High-Level Rescue Engineer Stranded in Oakham

Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service High-Level Rescue Engineer Stranded in Oakham

An afternoon of routine maintenance turned into a dramatic  rescue today in Oakham. A contractor working for Openreach was left stranded high in the air after his equipment suffered a mechanical failure on Willow Crescent.

The engineer was reportedly working from a "cherry picker" aerial platform when the machinery attached to his van malfunctioned, leaving him unable to return to the ground.

The incident occurred on what has been one of the colder days of the week. The engineer was stuck in the air for nearly two hours.

Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service arrived on the scene to assist. To reach the stranded worker, crews deployed one of their large hydraulic aerial ladder platform. Willow Crescent was closed to all through traffic to allow the heavy fire apparatus space.