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Driver pulled from submerged vehicle

Posted at 2:37 PM, Mar 21, 2016
and last updated 2016-03-21 14:37:45-04

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. -- Paramedics were able to pull the driver out of a submerged vehicle Monday morning after a vehicle drove into a canal.

According to Bonita Springs Fire, the crash happened just before 10am on Pennsylvania Avenue near Tennessee Street.

First responders arrived to find a vehicle rolled over and partially submerged in a canal.  Three paramedics, with the help of a Lee County Sheriff's Office Corporal, were able to remove the unresponsive driver from the vehicle and regain a pulse on scene.

The driver was determined to have been in cardiac arrest.  They were transported to North Collier Hospital for further treatment.