A person was left with severe life-threatening accidents Thursday evening after his automobile plunged off a Washington, DC, bridge into the icy waters under throughout a snowstorm.
The motive force was concerned in a crash with one other car on the Arlington Memorial Bridge when his automobile flew over the facet railing of the bridge into the Potomac River simply earlier than 7 p.m., in line with DC Hearth and EMS.
The automobile rapidly sank and was absolutely submerged by the point emergency responders received to the scene.
Divers pulled the person out of the sunken car in a bit greater than 20 minutes, hearth officers stated throughout a press convention on the scene.
He was delivered to the shore and given “advanced life support” earlier than he was rushed to the hospital, in line with authorities.
Divers did three sweeps of the submerged car and didn’t discover some other folks inside. Restoration efforts to drag the automobile out of the water will likely be postponed till daylight Friday morning.
Two individuals who had been inside the opposite car concerned within the crash suffered minor accidents and one was taken to the hospital. That automobile remained on the bridge, hearth officers stated.
The Arlington Memorial Bridge, which connects the Nationwide Mall in DC to Arlington Nationwide Cemetery in Virginia and is a significant commuter crossing, stays closed Thursday evening.
Extra details about these wounded within the crash was not offered by officers.
