A Drowning... Or Something Else?

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...My own gut feeling is that the road WAS badly flooded (probably nowhere near 15feet though!) - look at the angle that the car is sitting at in the BBC photo... it's straddling the centre of the road at right angles to the direction of normal travel. That would suggest some unusual movement... either sharply turning the steering to the side (to avoid the flood) or being drifted (partially floating) to the side by hitting the deep floodwater perhaps?...

I'd go with your idea that the Mercedes could've 'floated' if the water had been deep enough to allow the
vehicle's displacement. Similarly, the angle may be merely to the driver attempting to avoid the situation
the couple found themselves in.

...I'll bet that the lighting is crap under that bridge and around dusk (9pm-ish in August Liverpool) it may
have been hard to discern just how deep the flood was? If the driver of the car thought that it was "just
a big puddle" they may have driven straight into it before realising how deep and dangerous it was?...

Again, this makes sense and considering the amount of evocative commentary injected into news reports
these days, would your suggestion too far of a stretch to mention in the piece? I think such likely explanations
were purposely left out due a dilution of the Beeb's biasedness towards Global Warming.

...I think that the "passers-by" and/or emergency services, as quoted in the original articles probably did
wade/dive into the water to help, when they realised there was a car submerged in there, it's just bad/lazy
reporting not confirming any of that properly...

It would only take one of these potential ratings-grabbing interviewees to mention Queens Drive has suffered
for years with this flooding problem and a particular narrative could tangent off from what they want to hint at
into a judgement of Liverpool's current overall Council. (Labour Party)
And the BBC can't have that!

The water pressure on the outside of the doors may have prevented them being opened.
The cars occupants may have been elderly, confused or slow to react?
Water may have shorted out the electrical systems rendering the electric windows unusable or panic may have
set in until it was too late?

Once more, the low road is taken by the media due to a carefully-carved narrative that ensures a certain car
manufacturer can be held accountable in this tragedy. Does this mean any situation involving the words 'electric'
and 'car' may have a negative outcome?!

The MSM are lazy and they can be shoddy. But they aren't dumb.
Wouldn't a Monday morning headline grab more attention if it read:
'Couple Die Underwater On Busy Road'...?



Edit: Another Gordi's suggestions bears fruit: (From The Express)


Elaine and Philip Marco were the occupants of the Mercedes.

Please Note: The Express article states that the incident occurred on 9.20pm on Sunday, August 27.
Not as the Honest-To-God BBC stated. (They updated the article with the names, but left the incorrect day!)