Crime & Safety
Body Recovered After Car Plunges Into Water Off Groton Pier: Update
The incident occurred Friday afternoon. Breaking.
GROTON, CT — A body was recovered Friday afternoon from the waters off Groton, after a car with one person inside plunged off a pier on Thames Street, reports The Day.
The car plunged into the water off the Hel Cat Fishing Dock Pier at about 2 p.m., reports Fox61 News.
The pier is behind the Puffins Restaurant, and emergency personnel responded to the scene en masse Friday.
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According to police, the car was found upside down in the water several yards off shore. A woman inside the submerged car was pronounced dead Friday at a local hospital, WTNH News 8 reports. No identification has been released as of yet.
#Breaking: Car plunges into the water in Groton, emergency crews responding #fox61 https://t.co/qXmm9SoQ1V pic.twitter.com/5Btz75J6gv
— FOX 61 (@FOX61News) March 3, 2017
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