JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville firefighters saved a 27-year-old man in a dramatic rescue Saturday evening in the St. Johns River, hoisting him out of the water after his car fell over the Dames Point Bridge.
Photos from the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department show a captain harnessing the man and as crews on the bridge pulled him to safety.
He was taken to the hospital, but amazingly only had minor injuries after the 35-foot fall in his vehicle.
Jacksonville firefighters hoisted a driver whose car went... Posted by WJXT4 Vic Micolucci on Monday, February 8, 2021The man, whose name wasn’t released, was kneeling on the roof.
(WJXT)State troopers said this happened because another driver, a 37-year-old man, was speeding and hit the 27-year-old man’s sedan from behind.