Water Rescue After Car Drives off Stamford Bulkhead, Lands Beneath Barge

Stamford Firefighters rescued the driver of a vehicle that apparently drove off the bulkhead at O & G Industries on Davenport Street late Thursday and landed in the water and beneath a barge, according to officials.

The Greenwich Fire Department and the dive team from the Sound Beach Volunteer Fire Department were called in for mutual aid about 11:20 p.m. Oct. 8, according to Greenwich Assistant Fire chief Robert Kick. “When our deputy chief and the Sound Beach dive team arrived, the man was out of the water. We stood by as Stamford Fire continued their search of the vehicle and the area to make sure there wasn’t anyone else in the water,” Kick said.

No other victims were found.

Kick said the unidentified man apparently drove his vehicle off the bulkhead into the water at the O&G Industries site at 72 Davenport St.

Information about the driver was not immediately available Friday morning. Messages seeking additional information from Stamford Fire were left.

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