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| The search for two people missing after their car was swept away by a swollen stream in Cornwall is resuming. | |
| Emergency services found the body of a 20-year-old man several hours after the Volvo saloon was submerged during flash floods in the early hours of Saturday. | Emergency services found the body of a 20-year-old man several hours after the Volvo saloon was submerged during flash floods in the early hours of Saturday. |
| Another man, also aged 20, escaped from the car as it filled with water. He reported the other three missing. | Another man, also aged 20, escaped from the car as it filled with water. He reported the other three missing. |
| A man aged 26 and a 17-year-old girl remain missing following the incident in Zennor, between St Ives and St Just. | A man aged 26 and a 17-year-old girl remain missing following the incident in Zennor, between St Ives and St Just. |
| All those involved were from the area and had been out together. | All those involved were from the area and had been out together. |
| Road collapse | Road collapse |
| The Volvo was a taxi but police have confirmed it was not being used as a taxi at the time. | The Volvo was a taxi but police have confirmed it was not being used as a taxi at the time. |
| The incident happened at 0130 BST on Saturday near the B3306. Police say the car appears to have been swept away when part of the road collapsed. | The incident happened at 0130 BST on Saturday near the B3306. Police say the car appears to have been swept away when part of the road collapsed. |
| The car appears to have been swept away when part of the road collapsed | The car appears to have been swept away when part of the road collapsed |
| The alarm was raised by the 20-year-old man who said he had managed to get out of the car before it was washed away. | The alarm was raised by the 20-year-old man who said he had managed to get out of the car before it was washed away. |
| About an hour later the vehicle was found submerged and full of water. | About an hour later the vehicle was found submerged and full of water. |
| The body of the 20-year-old man was recovered just after 0700 BST, downstream from where the car was found, Devon and Cornwall Police said. | The body of the 20-year-old man was recovered just after 0700 BST, downstream from where the car was found, Devon and Cornwall Police said. |
| Firefighters, police, the Coastguard and a Royal Navy helicopter from RNAS Culdrose were involved in the search for the missing pair which was suspended when night fell on Saturday. | Firefighters, police, the Coastguard and a Royal Navy helicopter from RNAS Culdrose were involved in the search for the missing pair which was suspended when night fell on Saturday. |
| 'Desperate situation' | 'Desperate situation' |
| Flooding was reported in several parts of St Ives because of heavy rainfall on Friday night. | Flooding was reported in several parts of St Ives because of heavy rainfall on Friday night. |
| John and Mary Clifford found their cottage in Zennor filled with up to a foot of water. | John and Mary Clifford found their cottage in Zennor filled with up to a foot of water. |
| Mr Clifford, 68, said the coastal road where the car was swept away was prone to flooding. | Mr Clifford, 68, said the coastal road where the car was swept away was prone to flooding. |
| "The stream had obviously burst its banks," he said. "The stream there does get swollen very, very quickly. | "The stream had obviously burst its banks," he said. "The stream there does get swollen very, very quickly. |
| "It's a desperate situation. It can happen often but this was a real exception. I've never seen rain like it. It was amazing." | "It's a desperate situation. It can happen often but this was a real exception. I've never seen rain like it. It was amazing." |
| A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said: "We hope that the missing persons managed to get out and made off on foot somewhere." | A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said: "We hope that the missing persons managed to get out and made off on foot somewhere." |
| Police have yet to formally identify the dead man. | Police have yet to formally identify the dead man. |