A girl who veered into the Potomac River whereas driving northbound on the George Washington Memorial Parkway was rescued by the U.S. Park Police and good Samaritans.
The accident happened in a piece of the street between the Humpback Bridge and the Memorial Bridge the place there are not any guardrails and the northbound lanes of the parkway intently hug the Potomac River.
At round 6:50 p.m. Tuesday, the unidentified lady bought her automotive into the river, the place it began to sink.
Officers haven’t mentioned what induced the girl to run off the street into the river.
Because the automotive sank, the girl clung to the automotive, the D.C. Fireplace and EMS Division posted on X. The lady was helped to shore after she was tossed a throw bag by the U.S. Park Police, which has jurisdiction over the Northern Virginia roadway.
Upon attending to shore, she was taken to a medical facility for additional analysis. She is predicted to recuperate, officers instructed WTOP-FM.
Good Samaritans additionally aided in serving to to tug the girl onto the shore, as caught on video posted on X by WRC-TV reporter Joseph Olmo. Within the background, the girl’s Jeep continued to sink with its trunk protruding into the air.
A Metropolitan Police Division diver confirmed that there was nobody else within the sunken automotive, D.C. fireplace officers mentioned.
