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Search Enters Second Week for Teen Driver Missing After Wisbech River Crash

Volunteers now join police searches for the missing driver.

Overview

  • Cambridgeshire Search and Rescue, which appealed Thursday for volunteers, expanded efforts along the River Nene to find 18-year-old Declan Berry.
  • The crash on March 17 involved a blue Volkswagen Polo that left North Brink in Wisbech and entered the river with five teenagers on board.
  • Three occupants escaped and were taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn with non-life-threatening injuries.
  • Specialist divers recovered 16-year-old passenger Eden Bunn from the water on March 18, and the car was lifted from the river on March 22.
  • Police say searches for Declan remain active, as a friend launched a GoFundMe with an £11,000 target to support his family.