{"id":226918,"date":"2026-04-10T22:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/226918\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T22:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:44:09","slug":"2-elderly-people-rescued-from-partially-submerged-car-after-vehicle-rolled-into-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/226918\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Elderly People Rescued from Partially Submerged Car After Vehicle Rolled into Pond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"A screengrab from bodycam footage shared by Port St. Lucie Police of a rescue after a car submerged in a pond on April 8, 2026Credit: facebook\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"828\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/88bea42a4394477422c39850350b592c.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A screengrab from bodycam footage shared by Port St. Lucie Police of a rescue after a car submerged in a pond on April 8, 2026<br \/>Credit: facebook<\/p>\n<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<p>Officers with the Port St. Lucie (Fla.) Police Department responded to a single-vehicle crash in the early morning hours of Wednesday, April 8<\/p>\n<p>They found a car carrying two elderly occupants submerged in a pond<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are happy to report both were transported to St. Lucie Medical Center as a precaution and are in good health,\u201d police said in a statement<\/p>\n<p>Police in Florida rescued two elderly people after their vehicle went into a pond.<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1673466910326294\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Port St. Lucie Police Department;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Port St. Lucie Police Department<\/a> said in a social media post that officers responded to a single-vehicle crash near E. Caribbean &amp; Cam De Entrada in the early morning hours of Wednesday, April 8.<\/p>\n<p>There, they found a vehicle with the two people partially submerged in a pond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur officers immediately entered the water, safely rescuing both individuals and bringing them to shore for medical evaluation,\u201d said the department.<\/p>\n<p>The rescue operation was captured in bodycam footage later shared by police on social media. In the video, an officer can be heard asking a colleague if they needed a glass breaker, to which they replied, \u201cNo, we&#8217;re good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The clip later showed police escorting the car&#8217;s occupants from the pond to shore.<\/p>\n<p>One of the responders could be heard asking one of the rescued persons what happened, to which they replied in a distressed tone, \u201cOh, man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, the driver said she turned too early and as she tried to return to the roadway, the car went down an embankment and ended up in the water, CBS affiliate <a class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/elderly-driver-passenger-rescued-after-vehicle-ends-up-in-pond-in-port-st-lucie-partially-submerged-police-\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:WPEC;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">WPEC<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE&#039;s free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are happy to report both were transported to St. Lucie Medical Center as a precaution and are in good health,\u201d the police said.<\/p>\n<p>The department concluded, \u201cWe want to remind the community to always drive carefully but even more so in this heavy rain!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/2-elderly-people-rescued-partially-submerged-car-pond-11947911\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">People<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A screengrab from bodycam footage shared by Port St. Lucie Police of a rescue after a car submerged&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[102234,1599,171,173,172,102233],"class_list":["post-226918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-cam-de-entrada","tag-police-department","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-st-lucie-medical-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}