Rescuers are searching for two people missing after a car went into a lake in southwest Christchurch. The woman suddenly revved the car and it sped off into the lake, he said. Police were called at 5.45pm to reports that a vehicle was submerged in the lake in the suburb of Halswell. Witnesses say two people who tried to save the pair who went into the lake have been taken away by ambulance. Various bystanders say eyewitnesses have told of hearing a car's engine revving before accelerating into the lake.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 12, 2017 07:52 UTC