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Driver of car found in sea traced

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The rocks at Astwood Cove in Astwood Park, Warwick. (Photo by Akil Simmons)

Police tonight traced the driver of a car found submerged in the sea off Warwick.No one was inside the turqoise/grey Chevrolet Aveo when it was pulled from the water at Astwood Cove.But a police bid to track down the car's driver, believed to be Frederika Russell, 36, was launched and a spokesman confirmed just after 9pm that Ms Russell had been found unharmed .A police spokesman tonight declined to confirm the identity of the driver of the car.But police earlier issued a missing person's alert for Ms Russell.Ms Russell was last seen around 5am on Saturday morning.The car was lifted out of the water by crane just after 5pm, loaded on a transporter and taken away for further examination by police.Officers were alerted to the car - spotted upside down, partially submerged and washed by heavy waves - around 10.20am this morning.[naviga:iframe src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/JZ29yK-Wkh4' width='630' height='350' frameborder='0' gesture='media' allow='encrypted-media' allowfullscreen][/naviga:iframe]A police cordon was thrown around the Astwood Park area while the find was probed.Rough seas and a high tide foiled earlier attempts by police divers to check the car.The cove is surrounded by high cliffs at the edge of the park.

A police cordon at Astwood Park in Warwick this moring after a car was found submerged in the water. (Photograph Akil Simmons)
A car pulled from the waters of Warwick's Astwood Cove by police is taken away by transporter (Photograph by Akil Simmons)
A car that plunged off a cliff into Warwick's Astwood Cove is recovered by police. (Photograph by Akil Simmons)
The car found submerged in Astwood Cove is taken away by transporter. (Photograph by Akil Simmons)