GRANDFATHER AND GRANDSON RESCUED IN CAR IT WENT OVER INTERSTATE 39 BRIDGE INTO VERMILLION RIVER NEAR

MON JAN 14 2013 ~6:10 PM
MENDOTA FIRE DEPARTMENT
TRT RESCUE BOX/WATER RESCUE
41.489382,-89.048679 (INTERSTATE 39 AT LITTLE VERMILLION RIVER)

MABAS DIVISION 25 TRT BOX CALLED FOR VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER INTERSTATE 39 BRIDGE INTO LITTLE VERMILLION RIVER. GRANDFATHER AND GRANDSON DISCOVERED BY RESCUERS CONSCIOUS AND BREATHING IN WATER WITH THEIR HEADS ABOVE THE SURFACE. BOTH VICTIMS WERE TRANSPORTED TO AN AREA HOSPITAL BY 6:30 P.M.

THE TRT BOX WAS IMMEDIATELY STRUCK OUT.

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