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Coastguard called after car flips doing doughnuts

Jason Arunn MurugesuNorth East and Cumbria
Furness Coastguard A car is flipped on its side. You can see the underside covered in sand. There is sand on the ground and the ocean in the background. It is a sunny day. Furness Coastguard
The car was eventually towed away

The coastguard had to be called after a car overturned on a beach following a driver attempting "doughnuts" in the sand.

Furness Coastguard said it had been called out to Flookburgh in Cumbria on Easter Monday.

Bay Search and Rescue said five youths had been in the car and that they had "fortunately" sustained only minor injuries.

It said it righted the car and then towed it to prevent further oil and fuel pollution. The coastguard said the beach was a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

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