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Alahna Kindred

Moment unlucky motorist's vehicle becomes submerged in sea by incoming tide

This is the dramatic moment a car becomes submerged in the sea by the incoming tide.

Lifeboat volunteers, coastguard officers and members of the public raced to save the vehicle.

The image shows the stranded vehicle with the water covering the bonnet as the waterline creeps around the windshield and side mirrors near Llandudno.

Rescue crews did their best to save the car on Monday evening, but it could not be saved, DailyPost reports.

Llandudno's inshore lifeboat Dr Barbara Saunderson was taken away from a training exercise in Llandudno Bay when the alarm was raised.

The lifeboat team was called in to assist the coastguard after the vehicle became submerged in the water due to the tide.

Rescue teams did their best to save the vehicle but were unable to do so (stock image) (Hadyn Iball / North Wales Live)

The vehicle was at Porth Eirias, Colwyn Bay, when the tide came in.

The incoming tide submerged the car despite the best efforts from the lifeboat crew and the coastguard team.

RNLI crew member Luke Heritage said: "Regrettably we could not achieve a recovery but did leave a marker buoy as a navigational aid for a submerged hazard."

It is unclear who the unlucky owner is, but no injuries were reported.

It is unclear who the vehicle belonged to (stock image) (Daily Post Wales)

In 2016, an unlucky motorist was left helpless when their car got stuck in sand at a Welsh beauty spot and was submerged by the tide.

The white people carrier was stranded but could not be recovered until Sunday when the tide went out again.

The car had parked on the sands on the beach at Cemaes, a village on the north coast of Anglesey in Wales but the fast-moving tide caught out the driver.

A Jeep tried to help the car as the tide came in - however, it also got stuck, reports the Daily Post.

A passing canoeist was able to get this picture of the stricken vehicle.

A tractor was able to save the Jeep but the white people carrier, complete with the sunroof open, was lost to the sea.

It was stuck overnight in the middle of the bay.

On Sunday it was pulled back to the beach by a tractor.

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