'Local hero' saves mother and child, 3, from car submerged in dangerous flood water

A man in Birmingham has been branded a "hero" after he rescued a mother and her child from dangerous flood water.

Liam Stych saved the woman and her three-year-old daughter from a car that was submerged in water near a bridge in Hall Green.

Police say he managed to rescue the pair before securing the vehicle to the bridge to prevent it from being washed down the River Cole.

Officers at the scene praised the act of bravery and labelled him a "local hero".

West Midlands Police Eye in the Sky posted an image of the car tied to the bridge on social media platform X, formerly Twitter. The vehicle was pictured with its back window smashed.

The force wrote: "Local hero in Hall Green entered the flood water and rescued a three-year-old child and the driver, before securing the vehicle to the bridge to prevent it being washed away. Hero."

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