HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (WGN) – Police officers in Hoffman estates rescued a woman from a partially submerged vehicle late Wednesday afternoon.
The Hoffman Estate Police Department said just before 5 p.m., officers were sent to the 5300 block of Prairie Stone Parkway at the northwest corner of Hoffman Boulevard and Pratum Avenue to investigate reports of a vehicle submerged in water.
When officers arrived, they found a vehicle partially submerged in a retention pond and a man outside of the vehicle. Officers then learned the woman behind the wheel was trapped and unresponsive, prompting them to immediately go in the water, according to investigators.
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Police said one officer cut the driver’s seatbelt and removed the woman from the submerged compartment while other officers helped bring the woman to shore. They then performed life-saving measures on the woman before the Hoffman Estate Fire Department arrived and took over medical care…