Emergency responders Thursday night made a rescue in Elizabethtown.
“At around 10:30 p.m. Thursday evening, we along with the Elizabethtown Fire Department and Hardin County EMS responded to the report of a disabled vehicle in the floodwater on Hawkins Drive,” said Elizabethtown Police Department Public Information Officer Chris Denham. “When our officers arrived, we determined a vehicle occupied by two adults and a juvenile drove around the high water barrier and into the flood water which was several feet deep, causing their vehicle to become disabled. Using water rescue techniques, the fire department assisted the occupants from the vehicle without further incident.”
Denham said given the frigid temperatures the situation could have been much worse without the quick efforts of emergency responders.
“The bottom line is: never drive through high water,” Denham said. “It’s a good way to lose your life, not to mention the unnecessary risk first responders are exposed to when performing a rescue.”
As it is said: “turn around, don’t drown.”
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