car in the lake

Winthrop, Maine -- A Lewiston woman escaped without injury Thursday, April 24, 2009, after driving her car into Maranacook Lake.

Hibo Hassan, 27, was able to climb out of the car while it was just a few feet from shore, said Deputy Chief Dave Currie of the Winthrop Fire Department.

The accident occurred around 4:30 p.m., as Hassan was driving her Toyota Camry four-door west on Summer Street. She told police an approaching car was in her lane. Hassan swerved to miss the approaching car and drove over a low banking and into the water, Currie said.

Hassan was able to quickly escape the car, but the wind pushed the empty vehicle about 75 feet from shore before it came to rest on the bottom in about 4 feet of water.

"It floated for quite a while," Currie said.

Firefighters, using a Winthrop Fire Department boat, attached chains from a tow truck to the submerged car's frame. A large crowd gathered, many snapping photos with phone cameras, as the car was slowly pulled from the water.

Read Kennebec Journal story at www.kjonline.com.

Video by Craig Crosby, Joe Phelan and Ben Sturtevant

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[thegeckoproduction]

i remember this i saw it happen and it was fuuny but scary for the women