photos courtesy of Boyd Loving’s Facebook
February 13,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Hawthorne NJ, An adult female driver lost control of her vehicle while traveling northbound on Goffle Road in Hawthorne and slid off the roadway into Goffle Brook Pond on Sunday morning, 02/12. An adult male passerby and a uniformed Hawthorne PD patrol officer jumped into the pond and successfully removed the driver before the vehicle became submerged.
The victim was taken to a local hospital by a Hawthorne ambulance The vehicle, a 4-door sedan, was lifted from the water by a heavy duty tow truck. A flatbed tow truck then removed it from the scene. The passerby, uniformed police officer, and one (1) firefighter who were exposed to the icy water during the vehicle recovery process, were all reported to be fine after drying out and warming up.
