FIRE crews have rescued a van driver from a fast flowing river near Ripon after an 'unbelievably stupid' sat nav blunder.

Fire Station Manager Andy Creasey spoke out on Twitter about the rescue of a white van man from the River Ure earlier this week.

He tweeted: "Ripon Blue Watch along with multiple FRS resources from North Fire and Rescue Service were mobilised, along with North Yorkshire Police, to this.

"I had one question only, why did you attempt this? The response was 'my SatNav said this way'....Unbelievable stupidity."