Public help a police car stuck in the sand in Weston-super-Mare

Members of the public helped to rescue an Avon and Somerset Police squad car on Saturday (24 August) which became stuck in the sand on a beach in Weston-super-Mare.

The officers had driven the vehicle onto the wet sands at Uphill Slipway Beach in order to keep track of two boys who had gone out onto the mud flat at around 3pm.

Once the car was stuck holiday makers and locals worked together to help try to push the car out.

After much digging and pushing from the public with little success, it took a North Somerset Council beach warden driving a Land Rover to tow the stranded PCs and the beached patrol car out of the sand.

The council beach warden had previously been alerted to the two boys and were already on the scene at the time.

An Avon and Somerset spokesman said: "We would just like to thank everyone who helped get the car out of the sand."

"A member of the public approached officers at around 2.30pm on Saturday to raise concerns about two young boys who were out on the mud flats, and officers went out there as far as they could to keep an eye on them, and at the same time alerted the beach wardens," he said.

"The beach warden arrived and the officers were going to hand over to them, but their car then got stuck in the sand as they tried to reverse it. There was a bit of a delay getting the proper towing equipment, but at all times, the two boys were being monitored - there was always someone keeping an eye on them, while the police officers got their car out. After about 90 minutes, the boys made their own way back to the upper part of the beach, and the police car was successfully towed out of the sand."