VIDEO: Fire crew rescue horse from ditch

Watch the alarming moment a 23-year-old horse, named Finigan, is rescued from a ditch near Littlehampton.
By The Newsroom
Published 11th Feb 2016, 16:58 BST
Updated 17th Feb 2016, 07:20 BST
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At 10.30am on Wednesday, February 10, a Fire and Rescue crew from Bognor and a technical rescue unit (TRU) were called to tend to a 23-year-old horse stuck in a ditch in Woodcote Lane, Wick.

A raft was used to allow a vet to sedate the horse, before a harness was attached to it.

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In the footage you can see a crane being used to lift the horse to safety.

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The rescue took about an hour and 45 minutes.

Finigan has since been returned to his owner.

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