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Has a car gone into the sea off Exmouth?

Divers prepare to go into the sea just off Mamhead slipway, Exmouth

Early morning call to police leads to RNLI and HM Coastguard search

 

Mystery surrounds an incident in Exmouth early on Saturday morning, when it was reported that a car could have gone into the water from Mamhead slipway.

A member of the public told police they'd seen the vehicle on the slipway and someone running away at about 5am - and shortly afterwards the car was no longer there.

Police have been guarding the scene since the alarm was raised just after 5am. The slipway was closed until the afternoon.

A major incident unit was posted to the slipway, and frogmen went into the sea on several occasions.

By nightfall, the recovery operation was called off and the slipway reopened.

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