3 women dead in car submerged in R.I. harbor

A car that drove off a pier at Newport, R.I., is raised from the water Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. The bodies of three women were found inside. / Ron Corriveau/WPRI

NEWPORT, R.I. The bodies of three women have been recovered from a car that plunged into the water at a Rhode Island shipyard after apparently missing a turn.

Newport police Capt. Russell Hayes tells the Newport Daily News that the car apparently missed a right-hand turn Friday morning and hit the water near the main building of the shipyard.

The identities of the victims were not immediately known. The car had Rhode Island plates.

A diver with the Newport Fire Department found the three women inside the car.

Coast Guard Petty Officer Ryan O'Hare told The Associated Press earlier that the car had been in the water for at least several hours.

The Daily News says an oil deliveryman spotted the car.

A car that drove off a pier at Newport, R.I., is raised from the water Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. The bodies of three women were found inside.

/ Karen Rezendes/WPRI

[ihatebadnews]

AUDEMUS I WONDER IF THAT WOULD STILL BE FUNNY IF YOUR MOTHER AND FAMILY MEMBERS WERE IN THAT CAR YOUR A HEARTLESS JERK

[audemus]

Nice to see everyone's sense of humor is still intact. Personally I can think of a lot of things more funny than 3 people dying, panic-stricken, underwater with no way out...but that's just me.

[ihatebadnews]

SORRY AUDEMUS I MEANT THAT FOR 293EMAILACCTS

[w_roos]

In zero point two miles, car wash on right. Now approaching car wash on right..."

[Darknight5488]

Must of been using Apple Maps

[mari1963]

I hope this wasn't another accident that involves someone texting while driving.