Divers have recovered the body of a man after a car came off a country road and plunged into water at a reservoir.
West Yorkshire police said the driver was believed to have been the only person in the car that entered the Booth Wood reservoir, on the moors between Halifax and Rochdale close to the M62 motorway on Sunday evening.
A large-scale search operation was launched – including firefighters, paramedics and the police helicopter – after the alarm was raised shortly after 8.20pm that evening.
Specialist underwater search teams entered the water on Monday, locating the vehicle and, a short time later, the body of a man.
Sgt Adrian Newman, of the Safer Roads and Neighbourhoods Support Team West, said: “The underwater search team were on site this morning and first located the vehicle, before the body of the deceased was recovered at 11.55am. The family have been informed and are being supported by specially trained officers.”
The driver is believed to have been aged in his 30s.
The force is continuing to appeal for anyone who has any information about the incident to make contact with them.
The car had been travelling west along the A672 Oldham Road, above Rishworth, close to the isolated Turnpike pub.
The man-made reservoir, which was completed in 1971, supplies water to Wakefield and the surrounding area.
