Couple rescue woman stuck in mud with help from their dog

Steve and Chantal Cullington Read were out for a morning run at around 11am when they rescued a woman who found herself in trouble at the popular beauty spot.

This was after emergency services had received a call from someone saying they were trapped in mud at the foreshore, and five fire crews and two police vehicles were dispatched.

Emergency services were called to Nacton Foreshore to help rescue a woman stuck in mud (Image: Archant)

After their run the couple stopped for a coffee on a track about 10 feet away from the shoreline. Once the pair had settled down Mrs Cullington Read said she heard calls for help coming from the shoreline.

Mrs Cullington Read and their dog Koda walked along the shoreline to see if they could locate where the calls were coming from.

Koda ran off into the reed beds and guided the couple to the stuck person. Mrs Cullington Read then proceeded to call 999 to alert the police of the woman.

Mr Cullington Read is "extremely proud" of Koda after she helped locate the missing person on Saturday, April 10.

Steve and Chantal Cullington Read with their dog Koda - the trio helped rescue a woman stuck in mud at Nacton foreshore (Image: Archant)

He added: "She actually found the woman and then she came back to me and led me to her.

"I am extremely proud of Koda, we have done a lot of training with our dog, and we actually do play a game with her call 'find' where we hide things up and she has to go and find them and sniff them out.

"German Shepherds are renowned for being good sniffer dogs."

The couple then liaised with the police as they helped the woman out of the mud.

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