said a police spokeswoman, was driving the car in the afternoon, in the vicinity of a pedestrian bridge in the river Warnow. Witnesses had seen two people who are driven away afterwards in a second car. The police was able to alert a tow service that could retrieve the car from the Warnow. Investigations have so far revealed that the car should belong to a man from the Region of Sternberg. This will not have been according to their own information but on the road, but his partner. The water contamination was low, the investigation is still ongoing.

dpa