A WAVE of mud and rocks carried a tractor through three fields with its driver trapped helplessly inside.
James Fletcher was ploughing a potato field at Teuthill Farm, Alvanley, at around 12.30pm last Friday when the ground gave way around him.
He was trapped at the wheel as his tractor was dragged on its side through three fields and only escaped when the tractor hit two trees, smashing the windows so he could jump free.
James, 45, of Bates Lane, Helsby, said: “I got there at about 9am and this was my last run up the field.
“The next thing I knew, I was still moving forward but I was going backwards as well. The tractor was still ploughing and I just thought I was getting stuck.
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