Roseville -
A quick-thinking driver extricated himself from his submerged vehicle after it plunged into a creek this morning.
At 9:01 a.m. this morning, Roseville Fire Department and Police Department units responded to a vehicle in the creek by Industrial Avenue, near the Bill Stantucchi Justice Center. Roseville Police officers determined that the driver, a 28-year-old male from Roseville, had been driving his 2005 Ford Focus station wagon northbound on Industrial Avenue and was on a bridge over Pleasant Grove Creek when his hands-free cell phone device activated, startling him. He veered, and his vehicle went through the guardrail and into the creek, where it was submerged in 50-degree water.
The driver, an armed-security officer employed at Thunder Valley Casino, used his handgun to shoot out his vehicle window, escaped from the vehicle and the creek, and then flagged down a passerby for assistance. He suffered what appeared to be minor injuries, and was transported by ambulance to Sutter Roseville Medical Center.
Industrial Avenue was closed for about three and a half hours between Tinker Road and Allentown Drive while crews worked to tow the vehicle out of the creek.
At 9:01 a.m. this morning, Roseville Fire Department and Police Department units responded to a vehicle in the creek by Industrial Avenue, near the Bill Stantucchi Justice Center. Roseville Police officers determined that the driver, a 28-year-old male from Roseville, had been driving his 2005 Ford Focus station wagon northbound on Industrial Avenue and was on a bridge over Pleasant Grove Creek when his hands-free cell phone device activated, startling him. He veered, and his vehicle went through the guardrail and into the creek, where it was submerged in 50-degree water.
The driver, an armed-security officer employed at Thunder Valley Casino, used his handgun to shoot out his vehicle window, escaped from the vehicle and the creek, and then flagged down a passerby for assistance. He suffered what appeared to be minor injuries, and was transported by ambulance to Sutter Roseville Medical Center.
Industrial Avenue was closed for about three and a half hours between Tinker Road and Allentown Drive while crews worked to tow the vehicle out of the creek.
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