A missing Texas woman was found alive last week in a Jeep that plunged into a lake and was almost entirely submerged, police said.
The unidentified woman had been missing from Longview when she was found inside the black vehicle in Lake o’ the Pines on Friday, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said.
Pictures from the scene show the hood of the Jeep just barely visible above the water about 40 feet from the shore. The sheriff’s office’s statement said that a fisherman alerted authorities to the vehicle in the morning.
A missing woman was found alive in a submerged Jeep in Texas. Marion County Sheriff Office
The unidentified woman’s condition is unknown. Marion County Sheriff Office
The woman was found inside the vehicle in the Lake o’ the Pines reservoir. Google MapsPolice arrived at the scene about 18 minutes later, then waited for a local wrecking crew to arrive.
“We do not know how long the Jeep was in the water,” Capt. Chuck Rogers told NPR of the incident.
The police and the wrecking crew were getting ready to tow the car using the fisherman’s own boat when they noticed someone was inside and moving.
They pulled the woman onto the boat and took her to shore, where she huddled in a car to keep warm before an ambulance arrived.
Her current condition is unknown, and Longview authorities have declined to share further details about her disappearance.
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office believes the Jeep rolled into the lake accidentally.
