Last updated at 11:53 24 October 2007

Lazy workmen dug a trench around a parked car after failing to track down its owner.

Contractors working for Thames Water placed warning notices on the windscreen of the silver Volkswagen in Leyton, east London, to alert the owner of the planned works.

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But the owner has still failed to remove the car.

As a result, builders were forced to dig up the road around the car, before pushing the vehicle over the gap.