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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Kevin Rawlinson

Amazon van gets stuck on Britain’s ‘most dangerous’ mudflat path

The van lifted into the air by a rescue vehicle
An Amazon van rescued after being stranded in the Thames estuary in Foulness, Essex. Photograph: Jacqueline Lawrie/LNP

An Amazon delivery van got stuck trying to drive along one of Britain’s most dangerous coastal paths as the driver followed GPS directions on to mudflats to try to get to an island in the Thames estuary used by the military, the coastguard has said.

Rescuers were called to reports the van had been driven out on to the Broomway – a 600-year-old pathway across the flats to Foulness Island that has been called the deadliest in the country.

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