Diver pulls frame from a automotive submerged on the verge of collapse of Niagara Falls : NPR

A U.S. Coast Guard rescue diver eliminates a passenger from a car within the water on the verge of collapse of Niagara Falls, N.Y. on Wednesday.

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A U.S. Coast Guard rescue diver eliminates a passenger from a car within the water on the verge of collapse of Niagara Falls, N.Y. on Wednesday.

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NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — A U.S. Coast Guard diver braved loss of life Wednesday to go into a submerged car caught in dashing rapids simply yards from the threshold of Niagara Falls.

The diver was once diminished from a soaring helicopter, climbed into the automobile and pulled out the frame of its lone occupant, a girl in her 60s, officers from New York’s State Parks Police mentioned.

It was once unclear how the automobile were given into the Niagara River.

Footage and movies taken through bystanders confirmed the automobile virtually utterly submerged with best a part of the roof and open trunk hatch visual in the course of the whitewater within the early afternoon.

Government mentioned the lady lived within the space. Her title was once now not launched pending notification of family.

After the rescue, the car remained about 50 yards (meters) from the threshold of the American Falls, certainly one of 3 waterfalls that make up Niagara Falls. Onlookers watched as emergency crews ready to take a look at to drag the car from the water.

Roads within the space had been slippery as a mild snow fell.