Police dive squad called after car enters water in Tauranga

<p>The body of a female passenger has been recovered after a car crashed into water in Tauranga early this morning. </p> <p>Officers were called to reports of a vehicle entering the water off Chapel Street, near the Bay Central shopping centre shortly after 12.30am. </p> <p>In an update this afternoon, Bay of Plenty Senior Sergeant Roger Schreuder confirmed the driver of the vehicle made his way out of the water and was taken to hospital. However, his female passenger had not re-surfaced.</p> <p>"Police’s thoughts are with the family of the female passenger. Family members organised their own divers to recover their loved one, and her body was recovered shortly after 8am today," he said.