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Western Daily Press, (BAJE), 26 October 2010, p. 9, ISSN: 0307-2738.
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This car went for an unexpected dip after its driver left it to go to the
toilet while waiting to board a Dorset ferry.
Onlookers waiting to board the Sandbanks-Studland chain ferry, which crosses
the entrance to Poole Harbour, saw the shocked man chase the Vauxhall Omega
down the ramp in vain.
The car plunged in and bobbed along for a while before sinking in eight metres
of water.
The incident, at 10.30am on Saturday, was attended by Poole's RNLI all-weather
lifeboat and coastguard officers.
No one was in the vehicle at the time and the car was quickly recovered by the
Poole Harbour dredger.
The driver, understood to be in his early 30s, was then able to recover
medication needed for a heart condition, which floated out of the car as it was
being recovered.
A Coastguard spokesman said: "Other boats had identified its position and the
dredger was able to grab and retrieve it. Fortunately no one was trapped.
"We don't know if it was a problem with the car or an operating error, but the
guy is obviously going to be in some inconvenience now."
Copyright © 2010 Northcliffe Newspapers Company.
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Poor bugger!!
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