Crime & Safety
Woman Rescued After Car Ends Up In Lagoon: Police
First responders say they found a woman sitting on top of her partially-submerged car.
Here’s a look at the car that went into the lagoon in South Milwaukee. One person rescued. #CBS58AM pic.twitter.com/ZswJO28ivX
— Jessica Tighe (@jessicatighe) January 12, 2018
SOUTH MILWAUKEE, WI — Rapidly-dropping temperatures overnight made for freezing rain and slick roads.
On early Friday morning, authorities responded to the Oak Creek Parkway between Mill Road and Highway 32 for a car that went off the road and into a lagoon.
According to a CBS 58 report, first responders found a woman sitting on the roof of the car that was partially submerged in the lagoon.
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According to a FOX 6 report, the driver was rescued from the partially-submerged car by firefighters who extended a ladder across the lagoon's shore and onto the ice.
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