Police discovered a woman’s vehicle went through a guardrail and down a steep embankment before it entered the water. The woman was outside the car, in the water, when police arrived. Fire & rescue units saved her from the water.
MENTOR-ON-THE-LAKE, Ohio – Police and the city’s fire department saved a woman who drove her car into Lake Erie on Friday morning.
The incident happened shortly after 8 a.m. Police and fire units responded to Twilight Drive, near Mentor Beach Park, for calls that a vehicle was in the lake. Police discovered a woman’s vehicle went through a guardrail and traveled down a steep embankment before it entered the water, according to a post on the department’s Facebook page.
The woman was outside of the vehicle, in the water, when police arrived. Fire and rescue units from Mentor-on-the-Lake, Mentor and Grand River saved the woman from the water. She was taken to University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center. Her current condition is unknown as of Friday afternoon.If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.
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