A BOAT crashed into a Land Rover in the River Avon in a bizarre incident.

At around 11.50am on Thursday morning (August 25) West Mercia Police were called after an unoccupied red Landrover Freelander was submerged in the water.

The occupiers of the canal boat which crashed into the Land Rover called the police, worried that the vehicle may have had someone inside it.

The police service, along with the Hereford and Worcester Fire Service brought the occupiers of the boat to shore.

The Land Rover was also brought to shore and was thoroughly searched.

It is reported that the Land Rover may have been pushed into the water.

A spokesman for the West Mercia Police said: "Police officers would like to thank local landowners and businesses and other river users for their cooperation today.

"They also would like help finding the owner of the vehicle and how it came to be in the river.

Anyone with information about this incident can call police on 101 quoting incident number 262s of August 25.

Evesham SNT's under the Twitter handle @EveshamCops tweeted: "Police @HWFireEvesham committed at river following a canal boat colliding with a vehicle submerged in the Avon at the rear of Cleeve Prior.

"Grateful to other river users and local businesses who assisted police and fire with recovering the vehicle and that there were no occupants.

The Hereford and Worcester Fire Service tweeted: "11:56 1/2 @HWFireEvesham @HWFireWorcs @HWFirePershore assisted @WMerciaPolice with a boat which had become stuck on a car in the river.

" Incident located on River Avon near to Harvington. Luckily there were no injuries."