The body of a girl has been found after a car crashed into a Cambridgeshire river last night.
Specialist divers recovered the body on Wednesday afternoon, as searches continue for a teenage boy who is still missing following the collision.
The vehicle, carrying five people, veered into the River Nene in Wisbech St Mary, Cambridgeshire, at around 8.20pm on Tuesday.
The car had been travelling southbound on North Brink when it left the road, police said.
Police divers were still scouring the water nearby as one of the five people in the car – who were all between 16 and 18 – remains unaccounted for.
Three females and two males were in the vehicle at the time of the crash, according to police, and two females and one male made it out.
Those who escaped the car were taken to The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn with non-life-threatening injuries.
A Cambridgeshire Police spokesman said: ‘North Brink is likely to remain closed for the remainder of the day. We are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage.
Cambridgeshire police remained at the scene on Wednesday evening as one teenage boy remains missing
The River Nene in Wisbech St Mary, Cambridgeshire, alongside a carriageway
Emergency workers are pictured at the scene of the hunt for the missing teenagers in Cambridgeshire
Police divers and specialists worked throughout the day to find the missing teenagers. Three people managed to get out of the vehicle after the crash
‘Anyone with information about the incident should use the reference incident 515 of 17 March and report it through the Cambridgeshire website.’
One local, Billy Cunningham, said: ‘We saw the two boys get out of the car and then by the time we saw the ambulance arrive we saw a girl screaming in the hedge. It was horrific.
‘She was screaming so loud, it was piercing.’
Another said: ‘I could hear an almighty crash. Also lots of screaming and panic and then it all kicked off. We’ve seen searches in the river. It’s so sad.
‘It’s a miracle there were survivors.’
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.
Residents living near the scene of the crash dashed to the site and helped emergency services search the riverbank with torches.
The vehicle veered off the road and into the River Nene in Wisbech St Mary, Cambridgeshire, at around 8.20pm on Tuesday. Picture from the scene
Police divers are scouring the water as one of the five people in the car – who were all between 16 and 18 – remains unaccounted for
One said on a local Facebook forum: ‘Stood there three hours with torches trying to help but nothing as of yet pray there found my heart goes to the family.
Another posted: ‘I really hope everyone involved is ok.’
Others described North Brink, the long, narrow, straight stretch of road running alongside the River Nene as ‘really dangerous.’
A half-mile stretch of the road near Wisbech St Mary remains cordoned off on Wednesday afternoon as the search continues.
A fire engine was seen leaving the area at lunchtime.
The River Nene at North Brink is a tidal stretch of water which links to The Wash.
Its depth varies with the tide, ranging from 9 to 15 feet.
