EMMERDALE is set to air a car crash into a frozen lake, leaving three characters, including Leyla Harding fighting for their lives.
Viewers will have to wait to learn if the two characters trapped in the sinking car with Leyla survive.
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The dramatic scenes, involving a meticulously created icy field, are scheduled to air in January.
Fans are now speculating that Leyla’s son, Jacob Gallagher (Joe-Warren Plant), might be involved in saving his mother’s life during a special one-hour A&E episode.
Sharing The Sun’s story on Reddit, one said: “Yep it will be her Jacob has to attend to in his hospital, I call it.”
Another agreed: “I reckon this will be the end of Leyla.”
The Sun revealed Leyla Harding, played by Roxy Shahidi is one of three women who will be seen fighting for their life as the vehicle sinks.
Emmerdale bosses have announced a special one-hour episode in January that follows Jacob on a shift in a busy A&E ward, where he will be “pushed to his limits professionally and personally” as he deals with crises involving fellow villagers.
One soap insider said: “The bosses want viewers to have their hearts in their mouths when they see the car career off the road and into the water.
“It’s a nightmare scenario and everything was done to make sure this was a scene with real impact.
“Hours were spent creating a layer of ice, then the actors spent hours out on the frozen field in the pitch black trying to do the storyline justice.
“It will be a real heartstopper moment when it airs in January.”
Three Emmerdale favourites will be left fighting for their lives in ‘heart-stopping’ new storyline
It comes as The Sun on Sunday revealed earlier this year that Emmerdale favourite Roxy was being killed off after 16 years on the ITV soap.
Until now, the explosive circumstances of her exit had been kept secret.
Roxy, who filmed her first scenes in Emmerdale in 2008, is the third star confirmed to leave the soap this year as bosses look to reduce cast numbers.
Lesley Dunlop, who plays Brenda Walker, is also leaving the Dales after 16 years.
Elsewhere, Emmerdale appeared to reveal who is returning to destroy Kim Tate – and it’s a very familiar face.
The soap superbitch – who is played by actress Claire King in the ITV soap – has been secretly targeted by someone from her past.
They recruited her business partner Peter and her husband Will in a sick Christmas revenge plan.
And today the soap seemingly confirmed who it really is.
The ITV soap has been teasing the identity of the villain for weeks amid the secret revenge plot.
