Driver whose SUV plunged into river is rescued by bridge maintenance crew, VA cops say
A maintenance crew rescued a driver from his submerged SUV after it crashed into a Virginia river, police said.
The 47-year-old driver of a 2015 Toyota SUV was heading east on Route 3 near the Robert O. Norris Bridge in Lancaster County around 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, when he veered off the side of the road and behind a guardrail, according to a news release from Virginia State Police.
The SUV then went down “an embankment of rocks” and landed in the Rappahannock River, police said.
A maintenance crew working on the bridge pulled the driver from the submerged vehicle, according to police. He was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
Police said they are investigating whether a “medical emergency” was a factor in the crash.
No other information was released as of Nov. 17.
Lancaster County is in eastern Virginia, about 95 miles north of Norfolk.
