The man was rescued after falling into the dyke at Cowle's Drove (Image: Google)
A man has been taken to hospital after falling into a remote dyke near Brandon.
Emergency services were called at 9.30pm on Thursday, June 8, after reports that an adult man had fallen into a dyke in Cowle's Drove in Hockwold cum Wilton.
Fire crews from Methwold, Thetford and King's Lynn South, including the swift water rescue boat, assisted the man out of the water and into the care of the ambulance service.
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An East of England Ambulance Service spokesman said: "An ambulance was sent to the scene where the Fire and Rescue Service were extricating the man from the dyke.
"The patient was transported to the West Suffolk Hospital for further assessment and treatment."
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