GALVESTON, Texas -- Galveston police are trying to figure out why a man's car plunged off of a ferry landing Sunday, KPRC Local 2 reported.

Witnesses said the man plowed through some orange cones, drove onto an empty ferry landing and plunged over the edge at a fairly fast speed.

"When they hit the end of that ramp, probably 25 mph or so ,there was no deceleration, no brake lights," witness D.J. Page said. "They wanted to jump."

A witness took a picture on his cell phone that shows a Toyota Corolla sinking near the pillars of the ferry landing at about 5 p.m.

Divers recovered the driver's body and brought up the car. The driver's name was not released.

Ferry service was stopped during the search to keep the waters calm. Many people had to wait more than three hours for the ferries to start running again.