A car driving in the Main triggered a large-scale operation by the fire brigade in Frankfurt-Höchst on Tuesday evening, but the emergency services are puzzled.
Frankfurt am Main – Witnesses saw a car driving in the Main fire Department immediately went on a large-scale operation and mobilized the special water rescue service. But the incident in Frankfurt-Höchst late Tuesday evening puzzles the emergency services.
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The fire brigade was alerted late Tuesday evening, and the Main in Frankfurt-Höchst was searched with several boats. © 5vision.media
At around 9.30 p.m., the Frankfurt fire brigade informed the public via Twitter about the operation in the Höchst district.
“A vehicle was reported in the water. We are working with numerous units – including the special water rescue service on site,” it says literally Tweet.
In a second short message, the fire brigade reported around 10:30 p.m. that the emergency services would search the river with several boats, even sonar technology was used. But the search was in vain, the mysterious car in the Main remained missing.
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in one third tweet was informed that the operation was called off around 11:30 p.m. The area was handed over to “the responsible water police”.
“Despite an intensive and technically complex search, the vehicle could not be located. According to the current state of knowledge, the car was unoccupied,” is the provisional conclusion of the fire brigade in Frankfurt.
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As the German Press Agency (dpa) reported on Wednesday morning, with reference to a police spokesman, the search for the car should be continued.
“It was loud whether there were people in the car police initially unclear,” the report concludes.
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On Wednesday morning, the water and shipping authority and the water police took over the search.
According to the spokeswoman, the car was discovered around 11 a.m. near a bridge.
Divers explored the wreck, but shipping was interrupted. A crane finally recovered the vehicle from the Main.
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Original article: 7:52 am, updated version: 4:27 pm
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