A driver who parked his van on a beach was left left red-faced after his stricken vehicle floated out to sea when the tide came in.<br /><br />The motorist is believed to have driven his black commercial van down onto the sands near Bridlington Beach, East Yorks., on Monday (July 31).<br /><br />But RNLI teams had to scramble a quick response craft at 6am the following day (Aug 1) after the van was seen drifting around 50ft (15m) from the shoreline.<br /><br />Body-worn footage showed the driver's compartment and loading bay flooded with water - with parking tickets comically positioned on the passenger side window.<br /><br />A Coastguard spokesperson said the owner was located nearby “safe and well” and after rescue teams made sure no one else was inside, it had been recovered.
