EditorCar plunges into Neath canal as rescuers wade in to save trapped pair
Emergency crews raced to Riverside Drive at 10.48am, where they found a silver vehicle partially submerged in the water with two casualties still inside.
Photos from the scene show the car nose‑down in the canal, doors flung open, as police, firefighters and paramedics lined the roadside.
Firefighters, police and paramedics respond after a vehicle plunged into a water-filled ditch in Neath.(Mid and Wet Wales Fire and Rescue Service)Emergency crews at the scene after a car left the road and ended up partially submerged in water near Neath.
(Image: Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service)
Firefighters from Swansea Central, Neath and Pontardawe scrambled into the water, deploying a specialist wading team to reach the trapped occupants. Both casualties were pulled from the vehicle and handed to ambulance crews for assessment.
The incident drew a large emergency response, with multiple fire engines, police units and paramedics attending.
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service confirmed crews left the scene at 11.18am, around half an hour after the first 999 call.
The condition of the two people rescued has not yet been released.
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