Woman, 76, and her two dogs 溺死する as car rolls into a river from フェリー(で運ぶ) slipway

  • Police 確認する 団体/死体 was 回復するd when car raised from the water
  • 報告(する)/憶測s say male driver escaped but 女性(の) 乗客 did not
  • フェリー(で運ぶ) service has been 一時的に 一時停止するd

An 年輩の woman and her two dogs 溺死するd yesterday when her car rolled into a 急速な/放蕩な flowing river.

The red saloon had stopped on a slipway as the 76-year-old and her husband waited to catch a フェリー(で運ぶ).

But when the husband got out to take photographs of the picturesque stretch of water, the car began rolling 今後.

It is not known why the car started moving, although it possible that the handbrake had not been 適用するd. Police are 準備するing to check the 乗り物 for any mechanical faults.

Wreckage: The red saloon car after being pulled from the river. Retrieving th evehicle took more than two hours

難破: The purple saloon car after 存在 pulled from the river. Retrieving the 乗り物 took over two hours and Mrs Pewter was pronounced dead at the scene

Response: Emergency service vehicles leave the King Harry Ferry after attending the incident at the River Fal, Cornwall

返答: 緊急 service 乗り物s leave the King Harry フェリー(で運ぶ) after …に出席するing the 出来事/事件 at the River Fal, Cornwall

証言,証人/目撃するs said the couple, who have not been 指名するd, had been 列ing with other 運転者s to cross the River Fal in Cornwall on the King Harry フェリー(で運ぶ) yesterday afternoon. They said the car struck another 乗り物 after rolling 負かす/撃墜する the slipway.

As the other car moved away, the rolling car fell into the 氷点の river.

A 抱擁する 救助(する) 操作/手術 was 開始する,打ち上げるd just after 4pm 伴う/関わるing a 海軍 ヘリコプター, two lifeboats, a 操縦する 強く引っ張る and 非軍事の divers.

But it was two hours before the car was retrieved and the woman’s 団体/死体 回復するd.

It is believed the 団体/死体s of the couple’s pet dogs were still in the 乗り物 when it was brought to the surface.

Running: the 
couple were waiting to board the King Harry Ferry when the car rolled down the slipway

Running: the couple were waiting to board the King Harry フェリー(で運ぶ) when the car rolled 負かす/撃墜する the slipway

Investigation: The elderly woman's car may have slid into the river after the hand break was left off, but police are not sure

調査: The 年輩の woman's car may have slid into the river after the 手渡す break was left off, but police are not sure

地元の diver Matt Vernon tried to save the woman after the car went into the river.

He said the 犠牲者 had 最初 got out of the 静止している car but went 支援する to collect her dogs and accidentally 解放(する)d the handbrake.

‘It was really murky 負かす/撃墜する there,’ he said. ‘The river is very 深い, around 80ft, the car was 負かす/撃墜する at around 25ft.

‘At one point I got 負かす/撃墜する t o one 味方する and noticed the window was wide open so the car was 完全に flooded and I couldn’t get in it because of the depth and the 冷淡な.’

Devon and Cornwall Police said they were 扱う/治療するing the 出来事/事件 as a ‘悲劇の 事故’.
The King Harry フェリー(で運ぶ) Company 一時停止するd their services.

The フェリー(で運ぶ) connects St Mawes and the Roseland 半島 with Feock, Truro and Falmouth, and is an 代案/選択肢 大勝する to a 27-mile 旅行 through Truro and Tresillian.

It has been operating since 1888.

The car the woman was in rolled into the water as her husband reportedly got out to take a picture

The car the woman was in rolled into the water as her husband 報道によれば got out to take a picture

The ferry service was suspended as the rescue and recovery attempts were underway

The フェリー(で運ぶ) service was 一時停止するd while the 救助(する) and 回復 試みる/企てるs were 進行中で

A police diver, as well as a civilian volunteer diver, searched for the body after the accident

A police diver, 同様に as a 非軍事の volunteer diver, searched for the 団体/死体 after the 事故

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The King Harry ferry crossing the river Fal near Trelissick in Cornwall. A car fell from the slipway and a passenger was drowned

The King Harry フェリー(で運ぶ) crossing the river Fal 近づく Trelissick in Cornwall. A car fell from the slipway and a 乗客 was 溺死するd

File photo of the King Harry Ferry site near Trelissick, Cornwall, where a woman passenger is understood to have died after a car fell into the water

とじ込み/提出する photo of the King Harry フェリー(で運ぶ) 場所/位置 近づく Trelissick, Cornwall, where a woman 乗客 is understood to have died after a car fell into the water

Last night a 広報担当者 for the 海上の and Coastguard 機関 said: ‘Divers went on scene to help 位置を示す the 乗り物 underwater and while search and 救助(する) teams continued a search of the water and shore line, 解雇する/砲火/射撃 and 救助(する) 部隊s winched the 乗り物 out of the water.

‘The lady occupant of the 乗り物 was 回復するd from within the car at 6pm and was transferred to hospital by ヘリコプター.’

I nspector Richard Hocking from Devon and Cornwall Police said: ‘We need to look at the 乗り物 to make sure there are no faults with it and try to get a 十分な picture of 正確に/まさに what’s gone on before we jump to any 結論.

‘Our thoughts are very much with the family at the moment.’

Search: A still from a web video showing King Harry Ferry where a car fell into the water, reportedly with a woman inside. Rescue services have now winched it from the water

Search: A still from a web ビデオ showing King Harry フェリー(で運ぶ) where a car fell into the water with a woman inside. 救助(する) services have now winched it from the water


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