A person has been rescued by the Coastguard in the Norfolk Broads (Image: Google Street View/Newsquest)
A person has been rescued in the Norfolk Broads.
Four fire crews from Carrow, Sprowston, Wroxham and Wymondham were called at 9.58am on Saturday to assist the coastguard at Rockland St Mary, near Poringland.
Hemsby Lifeboat was also sent to the scene by the Rockland Broad, off the River Yare, where it assisted emergency services in rescuing an elderly man who had been knocked off his boat in a crash with another.
He was treated by the ambulance service after being transported safely to land.
A stop message was recorded by the Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service at 11.40am.
Norfolk police have been contacted for comment.
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