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Mary Stenson & Toby Codd & Benedict Tetzlaff-Deas

Man hears 'children screaming' as family of five rescued from tidal road

A motorist has recalled hearing 'children screaming' as a van became inundated by water on a tidal road.

Andrew Takle was driving his Land Rover on the Aveton Gifford tidal road on Tuesday (August 16) at high tide when he decided to turn back following a warning from a kayaker, reports SomersetLive.

Being told the road was under five feet of water further down, he tried to head back up the road only to be blocked — and shortly afterwards witnessed a blue Ford van driving into one of the road's deepest parts.

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