Police rescued a seriously injured woman from her submerged vehicle in Rice Lake early Tuesday morning (April 22).
Just before 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday, officers with the Peterborough Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with fire and emergency medical services responded to a call on Wood Duck Drive on the shores of Rice Lake in Otonabee-South Monaghan Township.
The caller said that a vehicle had left the road at what appeared to be full speed and had gone directly into the water. The caller also advised that they had not seen anyone emerge from the vehicle, which was sinking into the water.
Officers arrived just minutes after the call. After quickly assessing the situation, three officers located a small boat and paddled out to where the taillights were still visible from the submerged vehicle.
Officers entered the water and managed to pull the driver from the vehicle, taking her to shore where paramedics and firefighters took over life-saving efforts.
The driver, a 45-year-old woman from Port Elgin, was transported to a local hospital and subsequently taken to a Toronto trauma centre with life-threatening injuries.
The vehicle was later removed from the lake.
