The submerged BMW in a stream in Marshside

by Lauren Fruen

A driver clambered from this £40,000 BMW after it ploughed into a stream near Herne Bay.

The man miraculously escaped unhurt after veering off the road and into 5ft of water.

A gadget in the car alerted police, who arrived to find it submerged in North Stream, Marshside.

The driver had managed to get out of the 59-plate car, worth about £40,000.

The vehicle had sent an automatic emergency call with details of its whereabouts on Tuesday night.

The driver of this BMW miraculously escaped after it ploughed into a stream

Stewart Tophill, 36, who lives in North Stream, passed the car in the water.

He said: "I thought, that's an X6 - that's a nice car.

"But this is the third time this has happened in the last year already. It's mental."

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