A man has died after a car smashed through a barrier in Swansea marina – which is a fully pedestrianised area – and ploughed into the water.
South Wales Police rushed to the scene outside the National Waterfront Museum shortly after 10am today.
Detective Inspector Chris Evans said the death is currently being treated as ‘unexplained’.
One woman at the scene said she heard ‘one hell of a bang’ as the incident unfolded, but added that she didn’t see anything when speaking to WalesOnline.
Many locals took to social media to express their condolences for the unnamed man’s family, following the ‘sad news’.
A man has died after a car smashed through a marina barrier and ploughed into the water, in a pedestrianised area
The balck Audi is picture being lifted from the water at Swansea marina
A man has died after a car smashed through a marina barrier and ploughed into the water
Det Insp Evans said: ‘The body of a man was located in the car.
‘The death is being treated as unexplained at this time and enquiries are continuing to ascertain the full circumstances behind the incident.
‘The incident is ongoing whilst the car is being recovered.’
Earlier, Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said a ‘casualty’ had been rescued from the ‘submerged vehicle’ which crashed.
It added a ‘private motor vehicle had driven through a barrier and had entered the water with one person inside the vehicle’.
South Wales Police rushed to the scene outside the National Waterfront Museum shortly after 10am today
Residents of the Maritime Quarter have said the area is ‘severely restricted’ due to the ongoing ‘serious incident’
Welsh Air Ambulance sent four hazardous area response teams, one air ambulance, two Cymru high acuity response units, one duty operational manager and one emergency ambulance to the scene
Residents of the Maritime Quarter have said the area is ‘severely restricted’ due to the ‘serious incident’.
Police divers were reportedly involved in the attempts to recover the man.
A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesperson told MailOnline: ‘We were called today, at approximately 10:01am, to reports of a vehicle entering the water at Swansea Marina.
‘We sent four hazardous area response teams, one air ambulance, two Cymru high acuity response units, one duty operational manager and one emergency ambulance to the scene where we were assisted by colleagues from the Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service who travelled by air’.
