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FTA: The car turned onto the dead-end road into the cemetery. Gualtieri said the deputies that were following knew there was no way out. The car was traveling about 30-35 mph, which was “actually pretty fast,” Gualtieri said, considering that the area was very dark and the roads are windy.
He said when the car rounded a curve at the end of the cemetery, “all you could see at that point looking ahead would be I-275, the cemetery butts up to I-275.” The vehicle left the roadway without braking, still traveling an estimated 30-35 mph and entered a pond at the southeast section of the cemetery. It drifted out about 20-yards into the pond and within about 5 minutes, it completely submerged.
Gualtieri said the doors were closed and the windows were up, so there was no way out. Deputies who had been following shed their gun belts and other equipment and attempted to reach the occupants of the vehicle to try to rescue them. They were unable to reach the car, due to the thick muddy water and the grass growing on the surface of the pond.
“Deputies wading out into the water were just sinking (into the muck) and couldn’t get to the car,” the sheriff said.
The Car was reported stolen and the three girls inside, all teens drowned at the scene.
BUT WAIT THERES MORE!!
Despite the Sheriff giving major details about the heroic effort. The dashcam showed something different happened
Its one thing if you dont want to jump in. Thats fine.
Its cool if you dont want to get wet. Ok
Its not cool to let people drown and claim you did all you could. Thats just flat out unnecessary.
He said when the car rounded a curve at the end of the cemetery, “all you could see at that point looking ahead would be I-275, the cemetery butts up to I-275.” The vehicle left the roadway without braking, still traveling an estimated 30-35 mph and entered a pond at the southeast section of the cemetery. It drifted out about 20-yards into the pond and within about 5 minutes, it completely submerged.
Gualtieri said the doors were closed and the windows were up, so there was no way out. Deputies who had been following shed their gun belts and other equipment and attempted to reach the occupants of the vehicle to try to rescue them. They were unable to reach the car, due to the thick muddy water and the grass growing on the surface of the pond.
“Deputies wading out into the water were just sinking (into the muck) and couldn’t get to the car,” the sheriff said.
The Car was reported stolen and the three girls inside, all teens drowned at the scene.
BUT WAIT THERES MORE!!
Despite the Sheriff giving major details about the heroic effort. The dashcam showed something different happened
Its one thing if you dont want to jump in. Thats fine.
Its cool if you dont want to get wet. Ok
Its not cool to let people drown and claim you did all you could. Thats just flat out unnecessary.