Watch: How divers extract car from sea in Dubai
Woman drove into the sea by accident at Al Mamzar on Friday
Dubai: Dubai Police divers worked for hours to extract a car after a female driver drove it into the sea at Al Mamzar Beach on Friday, new video has shown.
In the video divers can be seen going under water to fix the cables on the car before dragging it out.
Lieutenant Colonel Abdullah Al Naqbi, the director of Maritime Rescue at Port Police Station, said the command room received an emergency call at 4pm regarding a car that had driven into the sea.
A 41-year-old Arab national female driver was in the parking lot when she lost control and pushed on the accelerator by accident after receiving some sad news over the phone.
“The driver didn’t put the gear in ‘P’ and didn’t use the hand brake,” said Al Naqbi. “The driver received some sad news over the phone and accidently pushed the accelerator rather than the break,” he added.
The driver managed to escape from the car before drowning and alerted Dubai Police.
“She didn’t suffer any injuries and maritime patrols with divers went to the scene to extract the car. Waves dragged the car 30 metres into the water and we had to use a winch to extract the car.”
Al Naqbi, urged drivers to take care while driving near beaches and creeks.