EXMOUTH coastguards in the early hours of Monday morning rescued a car stuck on the beach after its driver took a wrong turn and drove down a slipway.

EXMOUTH coastguards in the early hours of Monday morning rescued a car stuck on the beach after its driver took a wrong turn and drove down a slipway.

The vehicle was discovered in the Exe estuary just above the waterline, south of Lympstone.

The coastguard team helped the driver and his passenger free the vehicle.