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A body has been recovered after a car plunged into the river Clyde, sources say. Police divers had been trying to rescue a person trapped inside the vehicle that entered the river in Renfrew, Scotland. The body of a woman has been recovered from a car that plunged into the river Clyde near Glasgow.
The car was seen driving at speed and clipping two other vehicles before breaching a metal fence and entering the water. Police said they received a report of a car entering the water near Lapwing Road in Renfrew, close to Intu Braehead shopping centre, at about 1.20pm on Thursday.
Divers from Police Scotland’s marine unit recovered the woman’s body from the vehicle.
The car, which had one person in it, was seen driving “at speed” and clipping another two cars before breaching the metal fence and entering the water, according to people gathered at the scene.
One resident, who asked not to be named, said: “I heard a loud noise and minutes later there were police everywhere, then the helicopter arrived. I heard that it was a woman driving alone.”One resident, who asked not to be named, said: “I heard a loud noise and minutes later there were police everywhere, then the helicopter arrived. I heard that it was a woman driving alone.”
The incident happened near Lapwing Road, close to the Intu Braehead shopping centre, at about 1.20pm. Police, fire and coastguard teams were all in attendance, including two coastguard rescue teams from Helensburgh and Greenock and the HM coastguard helicopter from Glasgow.
Before the body was recovered, a coastguard spokesman said: “We received reports of a vehicle in the water with a person trapped. We have two rescue teams at the scene – Helensburgh and Greenock, as well as as a coastguard senior officer and the HM coastguard helicopter from Glasgow, as well as police, ambulance and fire. A police statement said: “A full search of the water surface has been conducted by divers from Police Scotland’s marine unit and a woman has now been recovered from the vehicle. She was the only person in the car. A postmortem examination will take place in due course to establish the exact cause of death.
“The helicopter was on scene and did a quick search and went and picked up divers.” “The car remains in the water at this time and efforts are ongoing to remove it.”
A small crowd of people had gathered near the scene, a residential area. Crash scene examiners were at the scene investigating how the vehicle came to enter the river. Anyone with information that may help the investigation was being asked to contact Greenock police on 101.