Parked car swamped by high tide in Brightlingsea (From Essex County Standard)
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Parked car swamped by high tide in Brightlingsea
12:05pm Friday 19th October 2012 in News
Picture courtesy of Richard Laker. A car gets caught out by the rising tide in Brightlingsea
A DRIVER was caught out by a high tide in Brightlingsea.
The motorist had left their car on The Hard by the waterfront, but a seasonally high tide meant the sea crept up onto the road.
One eyewitness, Richard Laker, spotted the blue Citroen being swamped with water.
Mr Laker said: “The inside of the car had taken in the water but I'm told the car started first time when the owner came back at low tide. But they did have to get the standing water back out again.”
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Boris
says...
11:50pm Fri 19 Oct 12
mechanic7 wrote:Best laugh of the day. Thanks.
When I had a boat at Brightlinsea several times we had to warn people about where they had parked. I person we spoke to told us to mind our own business so we did, That mans car did NOT start after getting swamped.
mechanic7 says...
3:31pm Fri 19 Oct 12