A DRIVER was rescued after a car plunged from the quayside at Poole into the water last night.
Police, firefighters, Coastguard and RNLI officials, paramedics and officers serving with the NPAS helicopter were called to Poole Quay shortly before 10pm.
Great work by those first on scene and by all our multi-agency partners @dorsetpolice @swasFT @RNLI @MCA_media @PooleHarbourC @DWFireControl and thanks to @ThistleHotels #Poole for their assistance pic.twitter.com/PX6IgLeegE
— D&W Fire Safety Team (@DWFRSFireSafety) December 16, 2017
A member of the public said a vehicle had entered the water and a person was still believed to be inside.
Great multi agency response to a car which was driven into #Poole quay tonight! @dorsetpolice @NPASBournemouth @DWFireRescue @swasFT @Poole_Hospital #RightCare #TeamWork pic.twitter.com/fGSMg1IRCc
— Kieran (@medicman1987) December 15, 2017
Two fire crews from Poole and technical rescue teams from Poole and Weymouth attended from the fire service and the driver was rescued from the water after escaping the vehicle.
Multi agency working at #PooleQuay last night. @dorsetpolice @swasFT @DWFireRescue @MCA_media @PooleLifeboats @poolecoastguard #SM pic.twitter.com/T13UtOPcQJ
— NPAS Bournemouth (@NPASBournemouth) December 16, 2017
A spokesperson from the RNLI said lifeboat crews were called out at 10pm to reports a car had gone into the water at Fisherman Dock opposite the Quay Thistle Hotel.
Crews were at the scene within five minutes and began searching for the submerged vehicle.
WATCH: Search and recovery of a car in the water off Poole Quay. @RNLI @DWFireRescue @dorsetpolice @NPASBournemouth @PooleHarbourC pic.twitter.com/f5tRpdrqCI
— RNLI Poole Lifeboats (@PooleLifeboats) December 16, 2017
A spokesperson said: "The lifeboat crew located the vehicle.
"It appeared submerged at an angle but the crew could identify the number plate.
"Information came through that a person had been recovered from the water but there was a possibility that other persons may be unaccounted for.
"The inshore lifeboat took firefighters out to the vehicle, where they used an underwater camera to try to search the car that was on the sea bed."
The crew then continued searching for anyone else who may be in the water while the car was lifted from the water by a dredger and checked by officers.
Volunteer helmsman Jonathan Clark said: "It was a swift response by the crew tonight, we were underway in minutes and we also supported landside.
"Working alongside other assets it was a good team effort.
"During incidents like this, minutes matter."
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