Lea Road, Waltham Abbey | 20 Feb 2012
Two men have been hospitalised after the car they were travelling in ended up in a frozen river late last night (Sunday, February 19).
The East of England Ambulance Service (EEAST) was alerted to Lea Road in Waltham Abbey at 9.50pm to a report of a car in the middle of a river. Ambulance crews from Cheshunt, Hertford and Waltham Abbey attended the scene.
Ambulance spokesman Gary Sanderson said: “The initial 999 call stated the men were out of the vehicle and sitting on the roof in the middle of the river. Following assessments and treatment by the ambulance crews, they were both taken to Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield suffering with suspected hypothermia.”
