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Teenager nearly severs toes jumping into river to save drowning bee in rescue attempt

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A woman who jumped into the River Thames to save a drowning bee nearly lost her toes during the dramatic rescue attempt. Sophie Hawkins, 19, dived into the water near The Riverside pub in Lechlade, near Swindon, after spotting the bee at around 8pm on Thursday, July 20.

Sophie told Wiltshire Live she had been enjoying the heatwave on a friend's boat in the hours before the incident which saw her rushed to Great Western Hospital.

The nasty injury, which severed a tendon, was just a few centimetres off slicing her toes - which could have had left her with life-changing injuries.

She said: "I was on a friend's boat, which was moored up near the bridge and I saw a bee in the river drowning. "I jumped in to try and save it and felt an impact

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