77-year-old woman rescued after car plunges into Schuylkill River in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
Marine rescue crews were on the Schuylkill River on Tuesday morning after a vehicle went down an embankment and plunged into the water.
The car went under around 9:30 a.m. near the 600 block of Righters Ferry Road in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County dispatchers said.
Lower Merion Township police said the driver was a 77-year-old woman. Two Lower Merion officers and a Union Fire Company firefighter were the first to arrive on the scene, and they pulled the woman from the vehicle.
She was taken to Lankenau Hospital by a Narberth Ambulance and was listed in critical condition.
The officers and firefighter were also sent for medical examination but are expected to be released.
