Fire crews rescue cow out of brook in Alfreton

A COW has been rescued after it collapsed into a brook in

Alfreton.

Firefighters and a specialist animal rescue team were called

out after reports of a collapsed cow in Chesterfield Road at around 3.35pm

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An RSPCA officer and the farmer who owns the cow were also

in at the scene. Police were called to manage traffic.

By around 4.50pm crews had managed to get the cow out of the

brook and onto dry land.

No one was available to comment on the current state of the

cow.