Elderly Woman Rescued After Car Enters Pembroke Pines Canal

Emergency crews responded around 6:30 p.m. on November 9 after a car went into a canal near the junction of Southwest 69th Street with Avenue 166, in Pembroke Pines. The incident involved one vehicle, and the roads meet at a sharp angle, police said.

Divers entered the canal and found a person inside the car. Responders worked to remove the person and bring her to dry land. No one else was in the vehicle.

Fire rescue identified the person as an elderly woman and said she was experiencing cardiac arrest when she was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. Her condition was unknown later that evening.