 was swept out to sea during the high tide. The van had been selling treats to beachgoers parked in the sand. However, as the tide came in, visitors did their best to save the vehicle. Witness Richard Hingman said, A load of people on the beach got a rope, tried pulling it, got nowhere. When the tide went out, a farmer went down with his tractor and put a rope on it and towed it up to the beach.