Terrified woman rescued from sinking car after crashing it into pond during heavy rain
A terrified woman was rescued by first responders after she crashed her car into a pond during heavy rain.
An unidentified woman was driving down the Highway 17 Bypass when her car ended up in a pond during a rainstorm around 2:45pm on Tuesday in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Fire crews were called to the scene to rescue the woman, dramatic video obtained by KSN showed.
Seven men were seen working to get the woman out of the front driver-side window as the car sat halfway sunk into the pond.
One first responder carried the woman to the bank, where she was evaluated for possible injuries as rain poured down on them.
Two others, who were assisting bystanders, were also evaluated, Horry County Fire Rescue said. No one was taken to the hospital.
The fire department hooked up a line to the car to drag it out of the body of water to be towed away.
An unidentified woman was driving down the Highway 17 Bypass when her car ended up in a pond during a rainstorm around 2:45pm on Tuesday in Myrtle Beach
The woman was uninjured. The area got around a third of an inch of rain yesterday
Myrtle Beach is expected to get more rain tonight.
The area got around a third of an inch of rain yesterday.
Earlier this month, the beach town experienced 60 hours of consecutive rain, leaving the town deluged in 6.27 inches of rain.
The poor weather the East Coast is experiencing this week is helping to keep Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm, away from the US coastline, WNCN Wes Hohenstein said.
'A lot of us are complaining on the East Coast today because we’ve got horrible weather, but it’s that horrible weather, jet stream dip that’s keeping the system away from the United States,' he said.
A tropical storm warning has been issued in waters surrounding parts of Florida, as Hurricane Melissa moves northeast in the Atlantic Ocean.
The storm, currently northeast of Jamaica, is generating strong winds and rough seas that are expected to impact Florida’s Panhandle and southeast coast, the National Weather Service (NWS) said in a Wednesday morning update.
