2023-12-09 15:49:21
Onlookers contacted the emergency services on Saturday, around 7:45 a.m. Several of them saw a car with a person on board diving into the canal near Boulevard Zénobe Gramme, in Herstal.
Liège firefighters went to the scene but found no trace of the car or its driver, for whom the worst is to be feared. The divers were unable to enter the water due to the excessive flow. On site, clues seem to indicate that a car has indeed fallen into the canal.
A boat equipped with sonar went to Herstal to scan the bottom of the canal. – Laura Hollange
Searches began during the day on Saturday with a federal police boat equipped with sonar (an underwater detection device) in order to locate the vehicle and its driver.
On Saturday, at around 4:15 p.m., the excavations begun had still yielded nothing. The Liège public prosecutor’s office, in the person of the magistrate on duty, was informed.
Investigations are expected to continue into the early evening.
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