Stuck in the mud
These pictures show fire crews rescuing a woman stuck in the mud on Weston-super-Mare beach (Picture: Nicholas Hayman /SWNS)

This is the moment hovercraft crew rescue a woman trapped in muddy sand on a beach in Somerset.

The auntie was reportedly trying to help her niece in Weston-super-Mare when she got trapped herself.

Fire crews rushed to the beach, dubbed ‘Weston-super-mud’, after she got stuck at around 3.30pm yesterday.

Dozens of people gathered on the nearby pier to watch the rescue.

These hilarious pictures capture the HILARIOUS moment a woman got trapped in the mud on the beach at Weston-Super-Mare - and had to be rescued by a hovercraft! August 01 2019. See SWNS story SWOCmud. These pictures show the hilarious moment a woman was saved by a specialist hovercraft unit after she got stuck in muddy sand under the Grand Pier. An onlooker snapped these photos yesterday (1) around 3.30pm after following the fire brigade's blue lights down to the beach in Weston-super-Mare. They said a crowd of around "a couple of hundred" had gathered along the broadwalk and on the pier to watch the moment the firefighters rescued the woman. It is thought the auntie had wandered through the muddy sand to save her niece - only to get stuck herself no more than 300m out and call emergency services.
Fire crews on a hovercraft were called to rescue the trapped woman (Picture: Nicholas Hayman /SWNS)
These hilarious pictures capture the HILARIOUS moment a woman got trapped in the mud on the beach at Weston-Super-Mare - and had to be rescued by a hovercraft! August 01 2019. See SWNS story SWOCmud. These pictures show the hilarious moment a woman was saved by a specialist hovercraft unit after she got stuck in muddy sand under the Grand Pier. An onlooker snapped these photos yesterday (1) around 3.30pm after following the fire brigade's blue lights down to the beach in Weston-super-Mare. They said a crowd of around "a couple of hundred" had gathered along the broadwalk and on the pier to watch the moment the firefighters rescued the woman. It is thought the auntie had wandered through the muddy sand to save her niece - only to get stuck herself no more than 300m out and call emergency services.
The woman was trapped for around 20 minutes before being pulled to safety by firefighters (Picture: Nicholas Hayman /SWNS)

One onlooker said the woman was yanked to safety from the mud after about 20 minutes.

They said: ‘I saw the small shape of this woman, who was stuck in muddy sand no more than 300m out underneath the pier leg.

‘The rescue team put planks of wood out and were telling her to wiggle while they yanked her and pulled her repeatedly.

These hilarious pictures capture the HILARIOUS moment a woman got trapped in the mud on the beach at Weston-Super-Mare - and had to be rescued by a hovercraft! August 01 2019. See SWNS story SWOCmud. These pictures show the hilarious moment a woman was saved by a specialist hovercraft unit after she got stuck in muddy sand under the Grand Pier. An onlooker snapped these photos yesterday (1) around 3.30pm after following the fire brigade's blue lights down to the beach in Weston-super-Mare. They said a crowd of around "a couple of hundred" had gathered along the broadwalk and on the pier to watch the moment the firefighters rescued the woman. It is thought the auntie had wandered through the muddy sand to save her niece - only to get stuck herself no more than 300m out and call emergency services.
Huge crowds watched from the pier as crews battled to free the woman (Picture: Nicholas Hayman /SWNS)

‘After around 20 minutes of me being there, they got her out – and there was this almighty cheer and round of applause from the spectators.

‘She didn’t look too pleased. I think she may have been quite embarrassed.’

It is understood the woman’s niece was unharmed and did not need rescuing.

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