A major rescue operation was carried out at Porthleven harbour
A man has died after the car he was in went into the sea in Cornwall.
Police and the coastguard took calls from the public just before 2100 GMT on Friday reporting that a car had been driven off the quay at Porthleven.
A major rescue operation was launched involving a helicopter, fire crews, the RNLI, the coastguard, the harbourmaster and the police and ambulance service.
A harbour crane pulled the car out and the man was taken to the Royal Cornwall Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The man has not been named but locals say he came from Porthleven.
An investigation is being held into the death.
No other vehicles are thought to have been involved.
Police are appealing for witnesses to contact them.
A man has been killed after a car accident in Cornwall, England. The collision involved a vehicle driving off a quay in , near the town of  in the county and into the sea at around 2100  on Friday, according to reports from members of the public made to the police and the coastguard.

A major rescue operation was launched with contributions from the harbourmaster, the ambulance service, the police, the fire crews, a helicopter and the . After roughly two hours, a harbour crane lifted the vehicle out of the water that it had crashed into. It transpired that the man was the only occupant of the vehicle. It is believed that no other vehicles were involved in the incident. The man was taken to the , which is situated in , by ambulance. However, on arrival, he was pronounced dead.

Now tributes are being paid to 20-year-old Jamie Hocking after his death. The family of the man have said that he will be "truly missed by all who knew him", describing Jamie with the words "loveable rogue". The family also expressed their thanks to people offering sympathy messages and support from others, as well as the emergency services who assisted at the scene of the accident.  are now asking any people who know of any information relating to the incident to contact them as soon as possible.