MURRELLS INLET, S.C. (WBTW) — A man died Monday morning after his vehicle went into the Waccamaw River at Wacca Wache Marina. Surveillance video captured the man exiting the submerged vehicle, but he was unable to make it back to shore.
The incident highlights critical vehicle water safety procedures. Officials advise drivers whose vehicles end up in water not to wait inside to call for help, but to unbuckle, roll down a window and exit as quickly as possible. If a window fails to open, escape options depend heavily on whether the vehicle uses tempered or laminated glass.
Drivers can check their window glass type by examining the bottom corner of each side window, which indicates whether the glass is tempered or laminated. Testing conducted by AAA found that common escape tools could break tempered glass, but none of the tested tools broke through laminated glass…