WEST MERSEA | 26 MAY
A van driver was forced to climb onto the roof of his vehicle and await rescue when the tide rose around him. He was trying to drive out to Osea Island, off the Essex coast. ‘The water had risen up to the van’s windows, covering the seats inside,’ West Mersea Lifeboat Operations Manager Martin Wade says. The lifeboat crew took him onboard and attached a marker buoy to the van to warn passing boats.