Rescuers use rope to pull woman from submerged car in water in Lake County

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. — A woman is alive, thanks to some quick-thinking witnesses in Lake County.

Nicole Bankston, 35, of Minneola, was driving a 2015 Nissan Altima when she crashed through the guardrail of the Howey Bridge in Groveland on Wednesday morning and became submerged in Lake Harris, deputies with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said.

Bankston told troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol that she swerved when she thought she saw something in the road. She then hit the curb, overcorrected and hit the guardrail.

Workers who are building a new bridge nearby jumped into a boat and pulled the woman from the water, troopers said.

Deputies said she suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

No other details about the crash have been released.

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