All at sea! Lifeboat crew are called to rescue a stranded Mazda after its owner parked it on the beach only for it to become swamped by the rising tide

  • The red Mazda was spotted stranded on Rhyl beach, north Wales, on Friday 
  • This morning a team of 12 RNLI volunteers helped pushed the car out of the sand
  • The team spent 20 minutes digging and an hour in total to recover the vehicle

By BHVISHYA PATEL FOR MAILONLINE

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Volunteers from the RNLI were seen pulling a stranded car out of the sand after it was left swamped by the over night tide.

The red Mazda was spotted on Rhyl beach, north Wales, in about half-a-metre of soft sand on Friday.  

However it was not until this morning that the vehicle was finally recovered by 12 volunteers from the RNLI who manged to bring it back to the promenade.

After the car was spotted along the welsh coast, photographs and videos soon began to emerge on social media of the car owners desperately trying to the dig the car out of the sand. 

Photographs of a red Mazda on Rhyl beach in Wales swamped by the over night tide began to emerge on social media

Photographs of a red Mazda on Rhyl beach in Wales swamped by the over night tide began to emerge on social media

This morning the vehicle was finally recovered by 12 rescue volunteers from the RNLI in Rhyl

This morning the vehicle was finally recovered by 12 rescue volunteers from the RNLI in Rhyl

It is not yet known how the car came to be stuck on the beach. 

Today photos emerged of lifeboat rescue workers digging the car out with shovels and pushing it out using a ramp.

The team spent 20 minutes digging and an hour altogether to free the car from the sand. 

Rhyl RNLI spokesman Paul Frost said the team were simply doing their bit for the community   

Mr Frost said: 'The car got stuck on Friday but we don't know how it got there. 

After the car was spotted, photographs and videos soon began to emerge on social media of the car owners desperately trying to the dig the car out of the sand
The car owners tried to dig the vehicle out of the sand

After the car was spotted, photographs and videos soon began to emerge on social media of the car owners desperately trying to the dig the car out of the sand

On Twitter RNLI spokesman Paul Frost commended the team for their efforts on the beach

On Twitter RNLI spokesman Paul Frost commended the team for their efforts on the beach

'The RNLI doesn't usually recover vehicles on the beach. It's usually the county council that would deal with that but the owners came to us.

'The car was half-a-metre down in the sand so we sent our lifeboat crew out along with 12 of our volunteers.

'We got together with shovels and boards and managed to push the vehicle out.

'We were able to push it back to the promenade.

'We don't know how it got stuck but thankfully it wasn't blocking the slip road.

'It could have been a danger to other ships however.'  

On Twitter Deb Blackburne wrote: 'If you need a job done get the RNLI involved @rhyllifeboat @rjournal @DPDenbNews @RNLI #itsnotjustsavinglivesatsea #savinglivesatsea.'

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