A mother and daughter were rescued from the wreckage (残骸) of a car crash thanks to an app. It can1people anywhere in the world using just three2.
Valerie Hawkett, 33, lost3of her Ford Fiesta while4round a sharp bend in Somerset last October. Ms Hawkett's5went flying over a bush and landed on its6in a field.
Her four-year-old7Tegan was in the back and the8mother called the police to come to her aid — but she didn't know9she was.
Officers were able to find their way to Ms Hawkett in the field— after10her the link to a website called what3words. It is able to find the exact11of any location on Earth. It told Ms Hawkett the three-word square she was in —"Weekend foggy earphones" — which12policemen to a road near a field on the A36 heading out of Norton St Philip, Somerset.
Ms Hawkett, from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, said: "It was absolutely brilliant. It's really, really13. I could have been in that field all day14the three-word location."
Ms Hawkett said her car landed on its side, with the only means of15being through the back passenger-side door. She said:"The only thing16me in my seat was my seat belt. But I17to get that undone and get me and my daughter out through the back door. I18the police after we got out the car."
Ms Hawkett and Tegan were taken to a19nearby to be checked over — but were told they were20injured and sent home shortly afterwards.
