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| Lifeguard 4x4 'submerged by tide' | Lifeguard 4x4 'submerged by tide' |
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| Lifeguards on a routine patrol at a beach had to abandon their 4x4 rescue vehicle after it became stuck. | Lifeguards on a routine patrol at a beach had to abandon their 4x4 rescue vehicle after it became stuck. |
| Efforts to free the vehicle before the tide reached it on Coney beach in the seaside resort of Porthcawl were abandoned. | Efforts to free the vehicle before the tide reached it on Coney beach in the seaside resort of Porthcawl were abandoned. |
| The vehicle was submerged by the tide on Friday afternoon and will only be recovered once the tide turns, said a spokesman for Bridgend council. | The vehicle was submerged by the tide on Friday afternoon and will only be recovered once the tide turns, said a spokesman for Bridgend council. |
| A large number of people on the beach tried to help the recovery operation. | A large number of people on the beach tried to help the recovery operation. |
| Sarah Symes was on the beach with her family from Cheltenham at the time. | |
| She said: "The beach was packed, it was a lovely sunny day and then all of a sudden we saw the lifeguards' van was very close to the edge of the water and the sea started coming in." | |
| "They asked various lads who were around to help pull the van out and they did their best but they weren't really getting very far." | |
| "After about half an hour or so the tide had started coming in so quickly that you could see the van was starting to fill up and submerge and they were trying all sorts of tactics to move it and nothing was working." | |
| "And then eventually we all just watched as the tide came in and the whole thing disappeared under." | |
| Were you at Coney beach on Friday and involved in the efforts to free the vehicle? Did you see what happened? | Were you at Coney beach on Friday and involved in the efforts to free the vehicle? Did you see what happened? |
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