Daring rescue of driver trapped in rushing flood waters captured in bodycam footage

A daring helicopter rescue by two pilots flying for the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust shows them plucking a trapped tanker driver from the flood waters of Kenya’s Sabaki river.

The pilots, Taru Carr-Hartley and Roan Carr-Hartley, managed to reach the driver, hovering just inches above him and the tanker he was clinging to last week.

The vehicle had been pushed onto its side and engulfed when a flash flood hit the Galana-Kulalu causeway.

Flooding in the area is a constant threat during the rainy season.

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