Pulled from sinking truck

New York: US firefighters have battled crumbling ice in Long Island Sound to rescue two people trapped after a truck broke through and sank in the frigid waters beneath.

Social media images of the incident near Stamford, Connecticut, yesterday showed rescuers extending an aerial ladder over the ice to reach the pair in the sinking vehicle.

‘‘The extreme winds, snow and tide continued to move the vehicle and cause it to fill with water,’’ Matt Palmer, deputy chief of the Stamford Fire Department, said on its website.

Snow up to 76cm deep was dumped across the US northeast on Tuesday and yesterday, killing three people and shutting down transport.

Some of the Stamford rescuers swam through the freezing waters to pull the truck’s occupants to safety before it sank in the 32ha Cummings Park. — AAP