A stunt pilot had an amazing escape after he made a crash landing on remote marshland.

Emergency services were called to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds reserve at Woodrolfe Creek, Tollesbury, after the two-seater plane spectacularly came down last night.

A doctor was flown to the scene to treat the lone pilot for what were feared would be life-threatening injuries after the plane clipped a fence and ended nose down in a creek on Old Hall marshes.

Firefighters freed the man from the wreckage but astonishingly he escaped unscathed and did not need hospital treatment.

The stunt pilot, who did not want to be named, said the engine cut out as he went into a flat spin as part of an aerobatic manoeuvre at about 6.20pm. He then radioed for help.

The man did his best to steer away from the few homes in the area and crash-landed on the marsh.

Air accident investigators will look into the crash.

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