Family of 4 rescued from overturned, partially submerged car

ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando police officers, firefighters, and witnesses helped save a family from a car that was overturned in water Thursday night.

Officers responded to the area of Lee Vista Blvd. and Vista East Pkwy. just before 7:30 p.m. after a witness reported seeing the car drive over an embankment and into a body of water.

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Police say the witness checked and was able to see the car was upside down in the water.

Arriving officers went into the water with the witness and pulled a mother and one child to safety, according to police.

Soon after, a dive team from the Orlando Fire Department arrived and pulled two more people to safety- a father and a second, younger child.

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Police say the father was trapped in the car and the smaller child was strapped into a car seat.

All four were taken to the hospital to be treated and are expected to survive. Police have not said what may have caused the crash.

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