Got that sinking feeling… Couple’s car is surrounded by sea water after it got stuck on the beach when they stopped to watch the sunrise<\/h2>\n

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• The couple travelled to a beach near Southend-on-Sea in Essex on Monday\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  A couple had to call the Southend coastguard on Monday after a romantic trip to the beach to watch the sunrise turned into a watery nightmare.<\/p>\n

  The pair travelled to Shoebury beach, to the east of Southend-on-Sea, Essex, in the early hours of Monday morning, where they parked their car on the slipway down to the sands.<\/p>\n

  The Southend Coastguard was called at 6.37am after the vehicle became embedded in the sand.<\/p>\n

  The couple had been attempting to turn their vehicle around in order to drive off the beach, but this only caused a deeper hole which blocked them from driving away.\u00a0<\/p>\n

  As the tide came in, they called the Coastguard to provide assistance after their car became surrounded by water.<\/p>\n

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  A couple’s car became stranded after it got embedded in the sand at a beach on the Essex coast<\/p>\n

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  The couple had been attempting to turn their vehicle around in order to drive off the beach, but this only caused a deeper hole which blocked them from driving away<\/p>\n

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  The Southend Coastguard was called at 6.37am after the vehicle became embedded in the sand<\/p>\n

  The team helped the couple remove their possessions from the car before a specialist recovery company was called to pull the car out of the sea.<\/p>\n

  The car was successfully recovered after it was towed to the high water line and collected by a low loader.\u00a0<\/p>\n

  An HM Coastguard Southend spokesperson said: ‘The team were tasked at 06:37 to a vehicle stuck in the sand at the West Beach slipway with an incoming tide.<\/p>\n

  ‘A couple had travelled to the seafront to watch the sunrise in their car from the west beach slipway.\u00a0<\/p>\n

  ‘While turning around they had become embedded in the sand, and had tried to drive out leading the car wheels to spin and create a deeper hole than they were already in.<\/p>\n

  ‘The team assisted the couple with removing all possessions from the vehicle before it became surrounded by water. They then contacted a specialist recovery company due to the vehicle being a hybrid.<\/p>\n

  ‘Once the recovery company arrived, the vehicle was pulled from the water to the high water line to prevent it from floating, the vehicle was then ready for collection by a low loader.’<\/p>\n

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