Emergency services rush to March river after submerged car spotted

Emergency services rushed to a March river last night (Thursday) after a vehicle was spotted submerged in it.

The alarm had been raised by local swimmers at the Twenty Foot in March.

Officers from the Wisbech Neighbourhood Policing Team along with Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue crews from Wisbech, March and Dogsthorpe and members of the Beds, Cambs & Herts Roads Policing Unit attended the location.

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.