Got that sinking feeling! Rescue mission fails as tide swamps digger that got stuck on a beach… while trying to move a stranded truck
- The digger was sent to the front to save a truck from the incoming tide at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset
- While the truck was eventually moved, the digger got stuck instead and remained in place even today
- Pictures show that police were called, who warned onlookers that they should not stand and watch
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A digger that was sent to rescue a tipper truck stranded on a beach has been swallowed by the sea after it too became stuck in the sand.
In farcical scenes, a second digger was sent in to try to save the first after it sank on the shoreline at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, yesterday.
The tipper truck was eventually saved from the incoming tide but despite rescuers’ efforts the orange digger was today lost among the waves after the recovery mission had to be abandoned.
The digger got stuck at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset while trying to move a stranded truck
While the truck was moved successfully, the digger got stuck in the mud and recovery attempts were abandoned due to the tide
The rescue mission of the stuck digger failed -it eventually got swamped by the tide
Pictures show that police were called, who warned onlookers that they should not stand and watch.
Weston-super-Mare and Worle Neighbourhood Policing said: ‘The Town Centre Team are currently dealing with a stranded digger on the beach.
‘Please do not gather to see what’s going on as you will be moved on.’
The incident has attracted hundreds of comments on social media.
One person said: ‘Well that was silly…’
Another added: ‘That’s going to cost!’
Someone commented ‘That’s quite sad now’ while another one joked ‘The beach was hungry’.