Hapless cabbie and his two passengers left stranded after waves cut off only road back to mainland from Lindisfarne Castle, Northumberland
A DRONE-mounted camera has captured the hilarious moment an Uber driver was caught out by the rising tide as he ferried passengers back from an island.
The cab was spotted as it tried to return from Lindisfarne Castle on Holy Island, Northumberland, yesterday afternoon.
A road connects the island to the mainland, allowing cars to drive back and forth.
But the causeway becomes impassable at certain times of the day, when the tide comes in and swallows it up.
The hapless cabbie clearly didn’t get the memo.
The taxi speeds along the rapidly disappearing road in a desperate effort to make it back before the water gets too deep.
The Uber markings can clearly be seen on the side of the vehicle as the drone moves in for a closer look.
Eventually, the car makes it to a relatively safe point on a patch of road that rises above the rest and out of the water.
But the driver and his passengers are forced to abandon ship there – within spitting distance of dry land – as the road dips back down below the waves before reaching the shore.
The drone continues circling, capturing the awkward moment when the driver ushers his unimpressed passengers out of the car.
A woman and a Buddhist monk then get out of the vehicle and begin wading through the water – as the monk waves at the camera.
Eventually, RNLI rescuers can be seen arriving in a lifeboat to rescue the stranded people.
Drone owner Mark Bradshaw, 41, from Seaton Burn, Tyne and Wear, told : “I was in the military for 24 years and I’ve seen lots of things but nothing as ridiculous as that.
“One of the passengers got out and walked up and down, pondering what their next move was.
“I guess they just had to wait for nature to take its course before they could leave.”
The Sun contacted Uber for their comment but didn’t receive a response by the time of publication.
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