New Brunswick RCMP’s underwater recovery team recovered a body Sunday afternoon in a submerged vehicle, after searching for a car that went off the Gondola Point Ferry ramp the night before.
RCMP have since identified the person as a 40-year-old man from Nauwigewauk, N.B.
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The vehicle was spotted driving through a barricade at the terminal, off the ferry ramp and into the water at around 9 p.m. on Saturday.
Staff Sgt. Jeff Johnston said the fire department responded and put a boat onto the water immediately. He said the underwater recovery team joined the search later Sunday morning.
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The ferry, which links Quispamsis, N.B. with Kingston Peninsula was not operational at the time of the incident.
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