Woman Dies After Car Enters Pembroke Pines Canal

Police said the car went into the canal at about 6:30 p.m. on November 9 near the intersection of Southwest 69th Street and 166th Avenue. The incident involved one vehicle, and rescue divers pulled a woman from the water and brought her to shore.

Fire officials had said the woman, described as elderly, was experiencing cardiac arrest when she was taken to a nearby hospital. Pembroke Pines police confirmed on November 10 that she had died the previous night; they did not give a reason for her death.

Police said they had not received confirmation that the woman’s next of kin had been notified and were withholding her identity. Residents expressed shock at the accident. One resident described the scene as frightening and said officers crossed her yard to reach the water.