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Body found after car washed away | |
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The body of a man has been found by emergency services searching for the three occupants of a car swept into a river in Cornwall. | |
The Volvo estate car was washed away in flood water after heavy rain in the early hours in Zennor, between St Ives and St Just. | |
Firefighters, coastguard teams, police and a Royal Navy helicopter from RNAS Culdrose are involved in the search. | Firefighters, coastguard teams, police and a Royal Navy helicopter from RNAS Culdrose are involved in the search. |
Devon and Cornwall Police said a man's body was found at about 0700 BST. | |
Car submerged | |
The incident happened at about 0130 BST on the B3306. | The incident happened at about 0130 BST on the B3306. |
The alarm was raised by a man who said he had managed to get out of the car before it was washed away, but three other people were unaccounted for. | |
About an hour later a green Volvo S70 saloon was found submerged and full of water. | |
The search is continuing and police have asked anyone involved in the incident, who may have left the scene, to contact them immediately. |