The desperate family and friends of missing teenager Declan Berry have launched a Facebook group to help coordinate search efforts along the River Nene.
Eighteen-year-old Declan, from Wisbech, has been missing since the blue VW Polo he was driving plunged into the water on the evening of March 17.
He was carrying four friends, three managed to escape the sinking car, but sadly, 16-year-old Eden Bunn died in the crash.
Declan has been missing, presumed dead, since the incident, and emergency services have been carrying out extensive searches along the stretch of river where the accident happened off North Brink in Wisbech.
His family has grown increasingly desperate to recover Declan’s body so they can lay him to rest.
Over 1,000 people have joined the Facebook page being administered by Billy Joe Holmes.
The page gives regular updates on the activity of family, friends and volunteers in the search for Declan, and coordinates search areas to ensure every inch of the river bank is covered.
Searchers have been covering large areas on foot.
Among the other actions organised is the flying of a drone over the river.
On Sunday, the drone covered a 3.5-mile stretch starting at Crabmarsh along both sides of the river up to Bevis Lane.
Similar flights were conducted yesterday, concentrating on the Elgoods Brewery corner again up to Bevis Lane.
Today, volunteers were set to gather outside Wisbech police station, ready to undertake further on-foot searches.
The latest search comes hours after hopes were raised that Declan had been found with reports of a possible sighting.
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Unfortunately, it was a false alarm with the object spotted in the river turning out to be a black bag.
Searchers are walking in teams of two, and today’s routes will include walking in the Peterborough direction from Guyhirn.
Anyone who can spare some time to help in the search can contact the organisers through the Facebook page.
Floral tributes have been laid along the river at the scene of the crash, and GoFundMe appeals have been launched for the families of both Declan and Eden.
Eden loved her horses and kept two ponies at Willow Tree Livery.
She was described as a “much-loved daughter, sibling, granddaughter, niece, and auntie – to Axl”.
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