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Sam Russell and Alastair Lockhart

Body of teenage girl recovered after car plunged into river as search continues for male

Emergency workers at the scene at the River Nene near Wisbech in Cambridgeshire - (PA Wire)

The body of a teenage girl has been recovered in Cambridgeshire after a car plunged into a river.

Rescue teams are continuing to search for a teenage male who is still unaccounted for.

Cambridgeshire Police said the vehicle left the road and entered the River Nene near Wisbech at about 8.20pm on Tuesday.

The car had five occupants aged between 16 and 18, with two males and three females, the force said.

Three of the five people, two female and one male, got out of the vehicle and were taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn with non-life-threatening injuries.

The scene at the River Nene (PA Wire)

On Wednesday, police said emergency services had “sadly recovered the body of a teenage girl”.

The vehicle was travelling southbound on North Brink in Wisbech St Mary’s when it left the road, the force said, with the road likely to remain closed for the remainder of Wednesday.

At least a dozen emergency services personnel could be seen on the riverbank on Wednesday afternoon, as a diver searched in the water.

There was a white forensic tent on the riverbank and emergency service vehicles parked along the road nearby.

Police are appealing for witnesses and those with dashcam footage to contact them, referencing incident 515 of March 17.

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