SAN DIEGO, CA – A woman is recovering in the hospital after a crash on State Route 52 sent her car plunging into the San Diego River on Wednesday morning.
According to FOX 5, the collision involved a semi-truck and a car traveling in the westbound lanes of SR-52, just east of Mast Boulevard.
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The car was sent off the freeway, falling roughly 50 feet into the water below.
Fortunately, the car fell onto its passenger side and the driver was not fully submerged. Three witnesses rushed to rescue the woman, cutting her seatbelt and breaking the window with a bar.
San Diego Fire-Rescue Department Battalion Chief Dave Seneviratne said she was able to exit the vehicle and was then transported to a nearby hospital.
At this time, no further details regarding the cause of the crash or the victim’s condition have been released.
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