Missing woman found alive in car underwater in lake
A missing woman has been found alive inside a car submerged in a lake.
A fisherman spotted the Jeep near a boat ramp in Texas’s Lake O’ the Pines – a reservoir – and reported the incident to officers, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said.
Emergency services and the fisherman who stayed to help began removing the car from the water.
After removing the car from the water, the rescuers saw a woman moving inside.
The woman was rescued and put in a car to keep warm until the ambulance arrived. She was taken to a local hospital shortly after.
Captain Chuck Rogers of Marion County Sheriff Office, told NPR that police were unsure how long the Jeep remained underwater.
The car was found far from shore, about 40 feet out in the water from Woody’s Camp Boat Ramp.
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Officers said the fisherman “reported observing a black jeep submerged about forty feet from the Woody’s Camp boat ramp”.
“With the assistance of the wrecker service, fisherman, and Marion County deputies, a female was safely rescued from the submerged jeep. EMS responded to the location and transported the female to a local hospital,” a statement said.
“During the incident, it was determined the woman was listed as a missing person from the Longview Texas Police Department.”
The woman was reported missing hours earlier at 12.35am on Friday, police told NPR.
Authorities said they could not share any further information on the woman.
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Photos posted on the police department’s official Facebook page show images of the Jeep underwater and another of two men pulling someone out of the water and into a small boat.
The sheriff’s department said no evidence had been uncovered to indicate anything suspicious had caused the car to end up in the lake.
Captain Rogers said: “There was nothing uncovered during the investigation to suggest this case was anything more than an accident.”
