Emmerdale braced for 'heart-stopping' new storyline that will leave THREE soap legends fighting for their lives

Emmerdale viewers are in for a huge shock as three soap favourites are trapped in a car after it plunges into a frozen lake in dramatic upcoming scenes. In horrifying scenes filmed last week, Leyla Harding, who portrays Roxy Shahidi, is one of three women who will be seen fighting for their life as the vehicle sinks. Emmerdale viewers are in for a huge shock as three soap favourites are trapped in a car after it plunges into a frozen lake in dramatic upcoming scenes In horrifying scenes filmed last week, Leyla Harding, who portrays Roxy Shahidi, is one of three women who will be seen fighting for their life as the vehicle sinks 'It will be a real heartstopper moment when it airs in January.' ITV bosses have pulled out all the stops to make the storyline as dramatic as possible for viewers including dispatching a crew to cover an entire field with thick candle-wax, replicating the ice on the surface of a lake It comes after Roxy reportedly quit Emmerdale after 16 years and now insiders have claimed that her character Leyla will be killed off She has been on the soap since 2008 and her character is mother to Jacob Gallagher but this was not revealed until 2010 Over the years Roxy's alter ego has briefly worked as a pole dancer but now has a career as an events planner Roxy competed on Dancing on Ice earlier this year The character was married to Liam Cavanagh from 2021 until 2023, but the relationship ended when he was unfaithful.