Van driver has disaster as vehicle gets stuck in the sea
A driver who parked his van on a beach was left left red-faced after his stricken vehicle floated out to sea when the tide came in.
The motorist is believed to have driven his black commercial van down onto the sands near Bridlington Beach, East Yorks., on Monday (July 31).
But RNLI teams had to scramble a quick response craft at 6am the following day (Aug 1) after the van was seen drifting around 50ft (15m) from the shoreline.
The motorist is believed to have driven his black commercial van down onto the sands near Bridlington Beach, East Yorks., on Monday (July 31).
But RNLI teams had to scramble a quick response craft at 6am the following day (Aug 1) after the van was seen drifting around 50ft (15m) from the shoreline.
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00:52 Just bring it round a bit more mate.
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01:16 In every one bag, there's a blue bag at the back and there's an orange something
01:25 floating at the back.
01:28 That's it. Do you want to have a double check?
01:33 You see at the back mate, so there's a blue, just like a bag that's blue, floating.
01:46 Can't see anything.
01:52 Brid Oscar, Brid Isle B, zero.
01:59 Sorry mate.
02:01 Brid Oscar, Brid Isle B, no we can't see anything, that's a negative of anybody in the van.
02:08 Over.