Disaster as rising tide submerges car during late-night beach visit

Motorist forced to contact police after rescue service unable to retrieve vehicle from sea

Disaster as rising tide submerges car during late-night beach visit
The driver was forced to contact the police after his rescue service told him they were unable to help. Image: Twitter / @SgtColinShead.

A late-night beach visit was cut short after a man’s car was almost swept away by the rising tide.

Having been told his rescue service would be unable to help, the man was forced to contact Essex Police who were then left to haul the vehicle out of the waves before it was washed out to sea, reports the BBC.

Sgt Colin Shead commented: “The man had attempted to do a three-point turn to leave the beach, but instead got well and truly stuck in the sand and the tide was coming in.

“It took us more than 30 minutes to drive in two 4x4s from Colchester to Southend, by which time it was in deep water.

“The tide was lifting the car up and we were worried it would be taken out to sea, which would have caused even more problems.”

Sgt Shead added that the man had only had the vehicle for two weeks prior to the incident.

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