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Jasmine Norden

Leeds man in a T-shirt and his heroic friends rescue stranded drivers during blizzard

Video footage has caught four kind Leeds men helping out drivers this weekend who had got stuck in the storm.

The four men - one of whom was only wearing a t-shirt - were pushing cars down the street in the middle of the blizzard in Otley on Saturday.

The footage was captured by Jen Mahony on the A658 in Otley when the weather was at its worse over the weekend.

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On Saturday, Leeds was hit with a brief snowstorm amid the ongoing rain, freezing temperatures and high winds.

Up in Otley, lots of cars were getting stuck on the roads - but these four men came out in the morning to give them a hand.

The video shows the four men working together to push a stranded car along the road, managing to get it moving again despite the adverse conditions.

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Heavy snow hit Leeds on February 19 from 11am until 3pm. It affected public transport and roads, though eventually dissipated into sleet showers.

Many cars were left stranded by the conditions.

It came in the aftermath of Storm Eunice and was followed by Storm Franklin and widespread floods around the city and Yorkshire.

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