A Pennsylvaniacommunity is grieving the sudden and tragic death of Jacinta Stevens, a 31-year-old model, housing specialist, and devoted mother of two, who died after her vehicle slid into the ice-covered Monongahela River in Pittsburgh late last month.
According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Stevens was driving on the afternoon of Thursday, Jan. 29, when she struck a snowbank, lost control of her vehicle, and went over a concrete barrier, sending the car into the river. The incident occurred amid winter conditions that had left roads slick and visibility reduced in parts of the city.
In a statement released on January 30, the Pittsburgh PublicSafety Department said emergency crews were dispatched to the scene at approximately 4:30 p.m. First responders quickly determined that the vehicle had broken through the ice and sunk roughly 50 feet from the shoreline. Officials confirmed that no one had exited the car before it submerged.
A dive team was immediately deployed, launching a complex rescueoperation that involved ice rescue, technical rope rescue, dive rescue operations, and advanced cardiac lifesupport, authorities said. Stevens, identified initially only as an adult female patient, was located and brought to the surface in less than an hour…