Natalie Ann Jamieson, who played Amy Barton on the ITV soap, shared the news on Instagram. Her friend and co-star Olivia Bromley drove across Yorkshire to rescue her. Jamieson wrote: "Find yourself a friend who will drive half way across Yorkshire to rescue you when you've been hit by a Lorry! RIP little red car. Thank you my lovely @oliviabromley_ for being our hero." She added: "Everyone ok, no injuries thankfully! Cheers for your lovely messages."
Jamieson's character Amy died after a car crash and falling into an icy lake. Co-stars Olivia Bromley and Ash Palmisciano commented on her post with emojis. Bromley is also leaving Emmerdale, with her final story expected in summer.
Find yourself a friend who will drive half way across Yorkshire to rescue you when you’ve been hit by a Lorry! RIP little red car. Thank you my lovely @oliviabromley_ for being our hero.
Everyone ok, no injuries thankfully! Cheers for your lovely messages.
I had been asking for meetings about what was coming up for Amy and saying that I'd really like some challenging, new stuff. They knew they had this coming up and they didn't have anything planned for Amy - and that was the direction that I wanted to go in. It worked out that this was going to be Amy's exit and I didn't know it was going to be death at first. When they told me, I was like, 'Oh!' It's really hard to know whether you would prefer for your character to die if you're going, or to go in the back of a taxi.
There's always a chance that you could potentially go back and you've got all your friends there and you love to work there. However, you are just going in the back of a taxi and the show were like, 'We want to give her something big.'
It was really sad. It was very cold, very sad, but it was also quite fun. I got to do a lot of things that I’ve never done before in my career, quite a few ticks on the bucket list. Things that I don’t necessarily have to do ever again! I don’t need to be plunged into icy water ever again. People do it for fun nowadays, but I just think those people are mad.