Erick Pennington was trapped in his submerged car for hours praying for help. He was rescued by a stranger and now he wants to find the person who saved his life.
Pennington had just finished his last delivery for Door Dash for the night and was headed home early Sunday.
“I was driving and I remember a deer came out of nowhere,” he said.
He says he swerved to avoid the deer and landed in a creek off Bartlett Road in Mint Hill.
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At first, he thought he was in a dream.
“I remember going into shock, going into shock because my leg was completely broken,” he said. “There was blood all over my jeans. I believe my bone was sticking out of my body.”
Pennington sat in his car for the next seven hours screaming for help.
Then, he started praying.
“I started praying to God,” he said. “Kinda saying my goodbyes to my kids, my kids in Florida, to my mother, my sister, you know? Kind of making peace with myself because I really thought it was it. I really thought I was gone.”