Police recover teenager's body from River Nene near Wisbech after car entered the water
Police and emergency services searching the River Nene near Wisbech have sadly recovered the body of a teenage girl.
Emergency services have been at the scene on North Brink, in Wisbech St Mary’s, since around 8.20pm last night (March 17) following reports of a car, containing five people, entering the water.
A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire Police said: “This afternoon specialist dive teams recovered the body. Searches continue for the male who is unaccounted for following the collision.
“Three people, two female and one male, are known to have got out of the vehicle and have been taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn with non-life threatening injuries.
“North Brink is likely to remain closed for the remainder of the day.
“We are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage.”
Anyone with information should use reference incident 515 of 17 March and report it through the force website. Anyone without internet access should call 101.