Firefighters called to another Bucklebury Ford rescue

According to Phil Knight, watch manager of White Watch at Newbury Fire Station, one crew from Newbury, another from Dee Road, Reading, a third crew from Mortimer, along with the water rescue unit from Caversham Road, Reading - a total 20 firefighters - were called at 8.30pm to the ford, in Brocks Lane.
Firefighters led a man out of a van through two feet of slow moving water.
The van, found next to a depth gauge registering the two foot depth of the water in the ford, was then hauled out by a roadside assistance service, also called to the scene.
The incident, which was closed by the fire service after 20 minutes, was the second involving firefighters in two weeks at the ford.
Two people were rescued from a car in the same ford by four fire crews on Wednesday December 5, after water started to enter the car, in freezing conditions.
According to Richard Young, watch manager of Green Watch at Newbury Fire Station, four fire crews, including two from Newbury, another from Tilehurst and the boat recovery unit from Caversham - a total 20 firefighters - were called at 11pm to the ford, to rescue two people stranded in a VW Touran.
"The boat crew waded in and hauled the vehicle out," said Mr Young.
The two people rescued received medical assistance from waiting paramedics and were wrapped in heat-retaining blankets.
Fire crews left the scene at 11.55pm.
South Central ambulance spokesman, James Keating-Wilkes, said an ambulance and one officer was called at 10.58pm on December 5 to the scene:
"Two people were stuck in a car with water entering the vehicle," said Mr Keating-Wilkes, adding both were treated at the scene, suffering from exposure/freezing conditions.
With heavy rain forecast over the next few days and river waters likely to swell, motorists are advised not to attempt to cross fords.
In April, a Middlesex judge was swept to his death in a car at Headley ford, in Thornford Road, on the Hampshire/Berkshire border and which was closed following an inquest into the death