Lifeboat crews dispatched after two cars stranded in the sea at Redcar

Cars stranded in the sea prompted two separate call-outs for Redcar’s lifeboat crews this afternoon.

The first “shout” came at 3.20pm when two men had to scramble on to the roof of their submerged car after efforts to launch a speedboat went wrong.

Both men escaped without injury.

And at 4.40pm, during the second highest tide of the year, the lifeboat received another call-out to a second vehicle in the sea, this time at Paddy's Hole near off South Gare.

Again, there were no injuries, but the vehicle also ended up fully submerged.