Badwell Ash: 12 Year Old Girl Rescued From Mud

15 April 2014, 06:00 | Updated: 15 April 2014, 06:14

A schoolgirl has had to be pulled to safety after getting trapped waist-deep in mud in Suffolk.

A young girl believed to twelve years old, had sunk up to her waist in mud ay Badwell Ash near Bury St Edmunds after it appears she slipped into a disused quarry pit whilst playing with friends at around 7.45 last night.

Fire crews from Bury St Edmunds used specialist water rescue equipment to free the girl who was then assessed by doctors and crews from the East of England Ambulance Service.

The girl had suffered only minor injuries and she was able to return home without having to go to hospital.