"I thought someone had just knocked up a photograph, says local guide Kevin Brown about first seeing it online. It turned out the image was genuine, and it proliferated. There was something delightfully primordial about it such a dominant sight of modern street life, just out there on the mud, vulnerable and surrounded by nothingness. Banter followed, images of an Amazon package floating in sea water: Amazon has made your delivery."
"They were attempting to access the Ministry of Defence-owned Foulness Island, and the usual entrance via a road bridge was closed for the evening. Their valiant mission to ensure the delivery was still made was thwarted after the concrete access road on to an ancient tidal byway known as the Broomway claimed as the country's most dangerous path, no less broke up until it was nothing but gloop."
"The driver had tried to turn around and head back to dry land, but it was too late. They go so far down that muddy track until it gets impassable, says Roger Burroughs, a farmer from Foulness. And then they try to turn around. That's where they get stuck. The vehicle was at the mercy of the Broomway, and the tide was coming in. The driver had no choice but to leave the van and walk back to shore. Abandon shipment."
An Amazon delivery van became stranded on the tidal Broomway at the mouth of the Thames estuary, half-submerged and surrounded by mud and sea. Observers initially mistook the image for an AI creation before confirming its authenticity and widespread sharing. The driver had attempted to reach Ministry of Defence-owned Foulness Island after the road bridge entrance was closed, but the concrete access road gave way into the ancient tidal Broomway and became impassable gloop. Efforts to turn back failed as the tide advanced, forcing the driver to abandon the van and walk to shore. Local residents and security personnel responded and Jason Burroughs was called to save the vehicle.
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