Martin County Sheriff’s Office
Authorities in Florida are investigating after two people were rescued from a submerged vehicle and the car that struck them was nowhere to be found.
The Martin County Sheriff’s Office said two people were injured Friday night when their vehicle was struck by another car while traveling eastbound on the Martin Grade Scenic Highway (County Road 714), which runs through wetlands between Lake Okeechobee and the developed areas on the east coast. The impact sent their vehicle off the road and down a “deep, water-filled embankment,” where it became submerged with the occupants trapped inside.
The occupants called 911, but their connection was cut short before they could give a precise location, the sheriff’s office said. Deputies Matt Fritchie and Juan Pepper-Orelliana worked with dispatchers utilizing RapidSOS, who guided them to the “general area.” It was nighttime, and the vehicle was not visible from the road, so Fritchie “rolled down his window and relied on the sound of a car horn” to locate the crash site…