WYANDOTTE (WWJ) – Authorities say a 55-year-old woman tragically died after she purposely drove her car through a railing at Bishop Park in Wyandotte and crashed into the frigid Detroit River on Thursday afternoon.
The Wyandotte Police Department said the vehicle, with the deceased woman inside, were still submerged in the water at Bishop Park on Van Alstyne and Vinewood streets, due to dangerous river conditions.
“She drove through the parking lot and into the water,” police said around 8 p.m. via The Detroit News . “All my guys have cleared from there, and all I can say is the car is still submerged with her in the water.”
Police said the incident was not an accident and had been ruled a suicide after it was determined the woman internationally drove her car into the river.
Initially, the woman’s vehicle came to rest on ice with first responders attempting to reach the woman by tossing over a life raft and rope, but the woman did not acknowledge them, authorities said.
Shortly afterward, the ice gave way and the car was engulfed by water.