Emergency crews have recovered a car that was seen on video going into the Ohio River in downtown Cincinnati on Wednesday night.The call came in around 5 p.m., for a report of a car going into the Ohio River from a ramp on Broadway Street, near Great American Ball Park.Boone County Water Rescue and Cincinnati dive teams were seen along the water throughout the night, before crews began to pull the car out of the river around 11 p.m. Wednesday. Police believe at least one person was inside the car.Cincinnati police said the response has become a recovery mission, with departments from around the area involved. Video from EarthCam shows the car going into the water. See the video below.The video shows a white SUV go into the water and then begin to float along the river.According to police radio communications, a witness saw the car go into the water and then called 911. Officers then reviewed camera footage and confirmed the car had gone into the water.”Maybe 30 miles an hour. It was not coasting in. It was going in pretty quick,” a dispatcher told an officer.Cincinnati police said the car appeared to enter the water through a dock that is not meant to be accessible to the public. It’s not clear how the car gained access to that area.
Emergency crews have recovered a car that was seen on video going into the Ohio River in downtown Cincinnati on Wednesday night.
The call came in around 5 p.m., for a report of a car going into the Ohio River from a ramp on Broadway Street, near Great American Ball Park.
Boone County Water Rescue and Cincinnati dive teams were seen along the water throughout the night, before crews began to pull the car out of the river around 11 p.m. Wednesday.
Police believe at least one person was inside the car.
Cincinnati police said the response has become a recovery mission, with departments from around the area involved.
Video from EarthCam shows the car going into the water. See the video below.
The video shows a white SUV go into the water and then begin to float along the river.
According to police radio communications, a witness saw the car go into the water and then called 911. Officers then reviewed camera footage and confirmed the car had gone into the water.
“Maybe 30 miles an hour. It was not coasting in. It was going in pretty quick,” a dispatcher told an officer.
Cincinnati police said the car appeared to enter the water through a dock that is not meant to be accessible to the public. It’s not clear how the car gained access to that area.
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