Jefferson Street Bridge Incident As Car Plunges Into Des Plaines River: Eyewitness Reveals

JOLIET, IL — Jefferson Street heading into downtown Joliet was shutdown on Saturday evening as one eyewitness revealed he saw the car drive off the Jefferson Street Bridge.

The witness shared the following post on the Joliet Police Facebook page: "a driver was reported to be driving obnoxiously and paramedics were behind him and he crashed into the bridge post, flipped the car and car went over the bridge into the water. Car sank immediately and the driver was rescued by a bowie and paramedics and has been taken to the hospital. I pray for him and everything he is going thru."

At 4:50 P.M., Joliet police advised that Jefferson Street is currently closed in the area of the Jefferson Street bridge as officers investigate a traffic crash. An update will be provided when the roadway is reopened.