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Broken down delivery van caught by causeway tide

News imageRNLI Seahouses The front of the lifeboat with two crew members dressed in yellow with red lifejackets and white helmets. The boat is looking towards the large white van which is submerged in water to above the tyres. The white refuge hut can be seen next to it, standing above the water. The sea and sky are grey.RNLI Seahouses
Two people in the van waited for rescue in the refuge hut on the causeway as the sea rose round the vehicle

Two people needed to be rescued from a causeway after their delivery van broke down and became surrounded by rising tide waters.

The pair were stranded on the Holy Island crossing in Northumberland shortly after 14:30 BST on Tuesday, where the sea was expected to reach 4.7m (15ft) at high tide and the water temperature was about 10C.

They managed to get the van close to the refuge hut where they waited for rescue by the Seahouses RNLI team.

Inshore lifeboat crew member Ollie Whelan said the rescue was a "positive outcome for a very dangerous situation" and the pair did the "right thing by calling for help as soon as they realised they were in trouble".

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