Driver is rescued after car careers into lake at Suffolk beauty spot
- A car lost control and crashed through a fence and into the Meare at Thorpeness
- Suffolk Police attended the incident at 1pm on Sunday after the Volvo crashed
- An ambulance was at the scene but it is understood the driver was not injured
A driver was rescued after a car lost control and crashed through a fence, ending up stranded in the Meare at Thorpeness.
Officers from Suffolk Police were called to the beauty spot just after 1pm on Sunday, after a Volvo ended up careering into the boating lake.
An ambulance team was also in attendance, but it is understood that the driver did not suffer any injuries, the East Anglian Daily Times said.
A Volvo lost control and crashed through a fence before ending up in the Meare at Thorpeness at around 1pm on Sunday
Officers from Suffolk Police were called to the beauty spot after the car ended up careering into the boating lake
A spokesman said: ‘The driver lost control of the car and drove through a fence into the Meare.’
Although an ambulance team was in attendance, it is understood the driver suffered no injuries.
Police remained on the scene whilst a recovery team was called to lift the stranded car out of the water.
The silver Volvo was winched out of the water and suffered minor water damage.
Although an ambulance team was in attendance, it is understood the driver suffered no injuries and a recovery team rescued the vehicle
Social media users were stunned by the unusual scene, cracking jokes at the unfortunate driver’s bad luck
People on social media were stunned by the unusual sighting, with users cracking jokes at the unfortunate driver’s bad luck.
Witness Charles Cuthbert said on Twitter: ‘Just a lovely summer day for boating on the Meare at Thorpeness on the Suffolk coast? Yes, until this car left the road, went through a fence and into the water.
‘Fortunately nobody was hurt, although the Mute Swans seemed a bit surprised…’.