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JFRD extracts sunken car from pond

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla — The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department has successfully removed a sunken car from a pond off of I-295 where two people crashed and one became trapped.

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states that a vehicle with two passengers ran off the highway rolling multiple times and coming to rest in a swampy wooded area.

The passenger got out and was transported, the driver was trapped and sitting in about 4 feet of water with their head above the water line. The water was cold and this was a tricky extrication as the driver’s foot/leg penetrated the firewall of the vehicle

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Related read: All southbound lanes on I-295 near Collins Road are blocked due to a crash

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