Car recovered from Wisbech river as search for teenager continues

Police are still searching for 18-year-old Declan Berry

A vehicle has been recovered from a river in Wisbech after a car containing five teenagers entered the water. Cambridgeshire Police recovered a blue Volkswagen Polo, with the support from specialist dive teams, from the River Nene in Wisbech St Mary on Sunday (March 22).

Police have confirmed that no further people have been found inside the car. They are still searching for Declan Berry, 18, who was believed to have been driving the car.

Detective Inspector Craig Wheeler, from the Road Policing Unit said: “We are still actively searching for Declan along the River Nene. We continue to support his family, who were present today when the vehicle was recovered. My thoughts remain with the families and friends of Eden Bunn and Declan Berry during this awful time.”

Emergency services were called to North Brink following reports that a car containing five people had entered the water in the evening of Tuesday (March 17). The body of 16-year-old Eden Bunn, from Sutton Bridge, was recovered from the water on Wednesday (March 18). Three other people, two girls aged 16 and an 18-year-old boy got out of the vehicle.

Cambridgeshire Police is appealing for witnesses or anyone with dash cam footage to get in touch quoting incident 517 of 17 March.