Pictures show 4x4 stuck on the beach as emergency services called to rescue

Emergency services were called to a beach at Blackhall Colliery where a car had become stuck in the sand.
The 4x4 became stuck yesterday afternoon. Picture by Hartlepool CoastguardThe 4x4 became stuck yesterday afternoon. Picture by Hartlepool Coastguard
The 4x4 became stuck yesterday afternoon. Picture by Hartlepool Coastguard

Emergency services were initially told there were potentially casualties stuck inside the vehicle – which had become stuck at around 4.30pm on Sunday, September 29.

On arrival, coastguard teams from Hartlepool and Seaham, found no occupants were inside the 4x4.

A spokesman for Hartlepool Coasguard said: “We left the vehicle to be recovered by the police at the next low tide.”