'Should have left them there': Police find themselves in a sticky situation after venturing a little too close to the water during a beach patrol
- A good Samaritan in a 4WD has come rescued police officers bogged in the mud
- The motorist anchored its towbar to the police vehicle and freed the bogged van
- A passer-by captured the rescue and shared a video on Instagram on January 28
- Despite the good Samaritan's efforts, many were quick to mock the police officer
A Good Samaritan in a four-wheel-drive has come to the aid of a police officer who became bogged in the sand after driving too close to the water.
Footage uploaded on social media showed the good-willed motorist towing the police vehicle out of the sludge and sand.
'Bit of raw footage from the other afternoon,' the accompanying caption stated.
A good Samaritan in a 4WD has come to the aid of a police officer stuck in wet sand, while other motorists slammed him for getting bogged in the first place
Footage that showed the good-willed motorist towing the police vehicle out of the sludge and sand emerged on Instagram and Facebook on January 28
The video shows a black 4WD - which is anchored to the rear end of a police vehicle - accelerate along the beach and drag the van with it before stalling.
One bystander is heard saying: 'He stalled it!' before another observer speculates on whether the towing cable is going to break.
The black 4WD restarts his ute and then reverses towards the police vehicle before accelerating again at full throttle, freeing the van from the wet sand.
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Many four-wheel-drive fanatics took to social media to slam the police officer for getting bogged in the first place.
'Wouldn't waste a cent of fuel on those muppets,' one person wrote.
'I would have left the f**k heads there and just given them a shovel and said start digging,' another person said.
The black 4WD was filmed accelerating at full throttle and freeing the van from the wet sand
Many four-wheel-drive fanatics took to social media to slam the police officers for getting bogged in the first place
But despite the backlash, other social media users were more than happy to congratulate the Good Samaritan for his handwork.
'Well done in helping out,' one person wrote.
'Well done mate for helping someone in trouble and especially when it was the police. Good job,' another person said.
A third person added: 'What a legend helping them out!'
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