Witham: Taxi submerged in flooded ford

3:00pm Thursday 27th December 2012 in News

The submerged taxi. Photo by Paul Harrison The submerged taxi. Photo by Paul Harrison

This taxi was found abandoned in 6ft of water at a notorious flooding spot.

Terling Ford has claimed many cars over the years, despite warning signs.

Paul Harrison, of Owls Hill, Terling, photographed this latest victim yesterday.

He said the car had been there since Christmas eve.

“A tow truck attempted to retrieve the car on Christmas Day but the steel cable snapped," said Mr Harrison.

An agricultural vehicle and farm worker had to haul it out yesterday.

Comments (2)

12:15am Fri 28 Dec 12

Lynette Flint says...

Does not give you much confidence with our taxi drivers does it if they can not understand basic road signs!!
Does not give you much confidence with our taxi drivers does it if they can not understand basic road signs!! Lynette Flint

2:11pm Fri 28 Dec 12

sKorch says...

Don't be to quick to judge, the taxi was left there on Christmas Eve and the photo was taken on Boxing Day, enough time for the waters to rise to the level shown. It could be that the taxi suffered a mechanical failure that was nothing to do with the fact it was left at a ford (admittedly a silly place to leave it). An attempt to recover the taxi was made on Chistmas Day, but it failed and hence the photo shown.
Don't be to quick to judge, the taxi was left there on Christmas Eve and the photo was taken on Boxing Day, enough time for the waters to rise to the level shown. It could be that the taxi suffered a mechanical failure that was nothing to do with the fact it was left at a ford (admittedly a silly place to leave it). An attempt to recover the taxi was made on Chistmas Day, but it failed and hence the photo shown. sKorch

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