Officials not too long ago responded to a get in touch with about a Jeep Wrangler almost totally submerged in a Marion County, Texas lake. When they arrived and started recovery operations they noticed a lady inside. Then they realized that she was nonetheless alive.

We’ve noticed a quantity of incidents surrounding SUVs that finish up a fair bit deeper in water or mud than their drivers’ initially intended. There was a Bronco that ended up stuck and then sunk on a sandbar. Then a Rivian R1S ended up buried to its axles in deep mud. Recently a Tesla Model X was pulled out of the Danube.

This type of point occurs far more frequently than one particular may possibly consider but what is not quite standard is discovering a particular person in one particular, significantly significantly less a living one particular that is survived for hours. Evidently, that is precisely what occurred right here as the Marion County Sheriff’s Office Captain Chuck Rogers confirmed to USA Today.

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“We do not know exactly how long the jeep was in the water. The victim confirmed it was at least a few hours,” he mentioned. Police had been initially contacted by a fisherman. They had spotted the Jeep in Lake O’the Pines close to southwest Marion County. A tow truck driver arrived at the scene to pull the jeep out.

“It was at that time they saw the woman,” Rogers mentioned. “The fisherman and wrecker employee were able to help the woman from the Jeep. They placed her into the boat and she was brought to shore.” According to the Sheriff’s Office, the lady went to the hospital and in the approach of the investigation, they discovered that she was a missing particular person from Longview, Texas.

Officials also mentioned that due to the situations surrounding the incident that they will not be releasing additional details about the lady or the scenario as a entire.

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