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February 28, 2008

Update: Car in river unoccupied, reported stolen / Photo

Journal photo / Bob Thayer
Divers recover a submerged car found in the Blackstone River today near shore north of the Manville Dam in Cumberland, off Manville Hill Road. About a dozen emergency vehicles --fire, police and rescue -- were at the scene as divers scoured the river bottom in and around the car.

CUMBERLAND -- A car spotted in the Blackstone River this morning was not occupied, dive crews discovered, and the vehicle had been reported stolen.

Divers had entered the frigid watersr near the bottom of Manville Hill Road, near the Lincoln/Cumberland border.

The car is about 40 feet offshore, according to police Lt. Stephen Duda, and was called in by a passing driver.

Crews were having trouble fishing the car out of the water, Duda said, because they did not have enough cable to reach the car. Another tow truck is on its way.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 11:37 AM | Permalink

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