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Shanghai woman drowned after car falls into river
By Pan Zheng |
March 12, 2012, Monday
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A woman driver was drowned yesterday when she was backing her car that accidentally slipped into a river in the city's Baoshan District.
Local police said the woman, her identity not revealed, was backing a black Buick outside a Buddhist temple around 3pm yesterday. But the car jerked back, knocked off a parapet behind and fell into the Lianqi River. It floated on the surface for a few seconds before submerging into the four-meter-deep murky water.
Due to the river's depth and rapid flow, the car and the driver were not located and dredged up until 10:20pm. The woman was found dead, police said.
The woman was believed to have mistaken the gas pedal for the brake pedal. Police are still investigating the cause of the accident.
Local police said the woman, her identity not revealed, was backing a black Buick outside a Buddhist temple around 3pm yesterday. But the car jerked back, knocked off a parapet behind and fell into the Lianqi River. It floated on the surface for a few seconds before submerging into the four-meter-deep murky water.
Due to the river's depth and rapid flow, the car and the driver were not located and dredged up until 10:20pm. The woman was found dead, police said.
The woman was believed to have mistaken the gas pedal for the brake pedal. Police are still investigating the cause of the accident.
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