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Story summary
- An Amazon delivery driver became stranded on The Broomway, Britain's deadliest footpath, after following GPS directions.
- The coastguard was called to assist.
- A local farmer helped extract the van from the mudflat.
- The Broomway is a six-mile path on the Essex coast near Southend-on-Sea and was the island's only access before a bridge was built in 1922.
- The incident raises questions about reliance on navigation technology over surroundings.
