Police were left flabbergasted on Friday (July 3) after a motorist who broke down got a replacement wheel delivered by helicopter.
Officers stopped to help a vehicle which had suffered a blow out to one of its tyres on the A47 near Wisbech.
The driver told the officers that a replacement wheel was on its was before a helicopter landed in a nearby field with it.
In a post on the Policing Fenland Facebook page, officers said it was “a first” for them.
The post read: “Officers attended a broken down vehicle on the A47 South Brink this afternoon.
“A vehicle had a blow out to one of its tyres and the vehicle couldn’t be moved.
“Officers arrived and were told, ‘I have a new wheel on its way’.
“A short time later a white helicopter arrives carrying a new wheel which was then changed.
“We see lots of different things in this job, but this is a first.”
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