Water rescue teams called as swimmers find car in river

Water rescue teams were called to a Cambridgeshire river after swimmers found a car in the river.
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The crews were called to Twenty Foot in March last night (Thursday) after concerns were raised that the vehicle were found.

A Police spokesperson said; “Officers from the Wisbech Neighbourhood Policing Team along with Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue crews from Wisbech, March, Dogsthorpe and the BCH Roads Policing Unit attended the location after concerns were raised by local swimmers of a vehicle that was submerged in the river.

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“The road was closed while the incident was ongoing and the Fire Service located the vehicle in the water. It was established that it was a vehicle that had entered the water from another incident and was waiting for recovery.

The local Water Authority have been made aware.”