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Police were called to the canal in Chester this afternoon after a car fell in.

Pictures, sent in by Hayley Stringer, show the silver VW Golf on its way to nearly being fully submerged shortly before it was pulled out from the water.

The car entered the canal after its handbrake was left off as it was parked at Tower Wharf in Chester.

The incident gathered a large crowd as onlookers tried to search for the cars owner.

Police were called to Raymond Street, Tower Wharf at 3.30pm (March 20) after they received reports of a car in the canal.

When officers had arrived the car was already being pulled out of the canal.

No one was in the car at the time.

Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service were sent to the scene as a precaution.