Two teenagers missing after car plunged into a river at Wisbech

Police are searching for two teenage occupants of a car that went into the River Nene near Wisbech.

The two were with three other teenagers in the vehicle that went off the road at about 8.20pm on March 17 as it travelled southwards on North Brink in Wisbech St Mary.

Cambridgeshire Police said the car contained five people aged between 16 and 18, including two males and three females.

Three people, two females 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.

The River Nene, at North Brink, Wisbech St Maryplaceholder image
The River Nene, at North Brink, Wisbech St Mary

Police and emergency services remain on scene today (March 18) carrying out searches.

A Cambridgeshire Police spokesperson said: "A male and a female have not been accounted for and searches continue.

"North Brink is likely to remain closed for the remainder of the day.

"We are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage.”

Anyone with information about the incident should use the reference incident 515 of 17 March and report it through the Cambridgeshire Police website.

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