Posted on 01/28/2024 4:16:46 PM PST by Libloather
A car drove off the end of the Virginia Beach pier and plunged into the sea, sparking a rescue effort by police.
Around 6.50am Saturday, a car crashed through the barriers of the 14th Street pier and sped down the length of it.
It braked briefly before driving through the wooden balustrade at the end of the pier and over the edge, as police say it is now 'at the bottom of the ocean.'
A young woman standing on the beach caught the incident on camera when she heard a loud crash and started filming.
Virginia Beach police are working to recover the car and any occupants, but said they did not know how many people were inside or the cause of the crash even a day after it plunged into the water.
The pier is 650 feet long and the water at the end is around 15ft deep. Water temperatures are around in the mid-40s.
It wasn't immediately clear if police had sent a dive team to check the car or to check for any survivors. As of Sunday afternoon, police had not confirmed if there were any victims or survivors of the crash.
They said: Due to adverse water conditions and concerns for diver safety, the planned vehicle recovery off the pier today had to be postponed.
'The weather, though appearing nice, posed risks, and maintaining the stability of the contracted salvage barge was challenging. We'll reassess and devise a new plan for a safe and effective recovery operation.'
Witnesses said the car turned onto the boardwalk from Atlantic Avenue at speed and crashed through the first barriers on the pier.
Spokesperson for the Virginia Beach Police Department Jude Brenya told 13NewsNow: 'The vehicle just drove into the boardwalk, onto the pier end then into the water.
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Well, there is no need to hurry rescue efforts. Those folks were dead in very short order. Even if someone called immediately, by the time police got there, it was too late.
Suicide.
No worries. It was a self driving car.
Toonces!
Dfens
That did come to mind. “Clear a path. I’m going home.”
Looks very like a suicide to me.
I guess he didn’t want to pay the $2 to walk to the end & jump off...
Never trust GPS.
On a vacation trip to the motel, we kept taking diversions.
GPS chick kept saying, ‘recalculating’.
Over and over.
Then she got fed up and tried to run us off a pier.
A new version of Thelma snd Louise.
Comment at the link says 2 bodies found; boyfriend & girlfriend — murder-suicide?? (Not Confirmed)
I’ll bet they just read that 18 percent of “voters” intend to vote for whoever Tater Swuft tells them to vote for. That’s not only gay, it’s fully retarded.
No EV’s harmed?
I can’t help but wonder if someone else was in the car as well, since the brake lights kept going on. Almost like someone was fighting with the driver for control of the car.
How horrific for that person or people if that was the case.
Looks like, sadly, that I was right. Someone was trying to stop this.
Dear God...........
Or a throttle body stuck open and someone panicked and didn’t knock it into neutral.
What kind of car? Another runaway “Niagara Falls” incident?
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