Woman Saved After Car Crashes Into Canal In North Miami Beach
A pair of Good Samaritans rescued a driver after her car crashed into a North Miami Beach canal Friday morning. It happened on South Glades Drive near Northeast 168th Street.Gachette Ives said he saw the woman lose control of the vehicle and crash into the canal. He and Gerald Laguerre helped pull her from the car and hold her above water until rescuers arrived.
“It was dark,” he said. “The water was cold. It was deep. The water’s over 12 feet deep … but we didn’t think about nothing. We just think about saving her life.”
The woman was taken to Memorial Regional Hospital, but her condition is not known.
It was unclear why she lost control of the car.
Laguerre said the woman owes her life to God and the emergency rescue crews.