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Family pay tribute to ‘devoted father’ and ‘much-loved husband’ who died when car entered water in Cambridgeshire




The family of a man who died after the car he was driving left the road and entered water have paid tribute to him as a “devoted father”.

Jamie Parish, 35, of Stirling Square, Godmanchester, lost his life when his red Mercedes C220 entered the Forty Foot Drain, Forty Foot Bank, near Chatteris, at about 11.50am on Thursday, 13 June.

Jamie Parish, who died when his car entered the water at Fort Foot Drain, Forty Foot Bank, near Chatteris
Jamie Parish, who died when his car entered the water at Fort Foot Drain, Forty Foot Bank, near Chatteris

Emergency services attended and the road was closed while rescue efforts took place and the vehicle was recovered, but Mr Parish was pronounced dead at the scene.

The family said in a statement: “Jamie was a much-loved husband, brother, son, grandson and a devoted father to his children. He was tragically taken too soon.”

Anyone who has information or dashcam footage of the car before the incident, should report it through Cambridgeshire police’s website using reference incident 172 of 13 June.

Anyone without internet access should call 101.



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