(Video: Mark Lieb, Rockland Video Productions)
BLOOMING GROVE – An Orange County area woman is okay after a harrowing
experience when her car skidded off Tuthill Road in the Town of Blooming
Grove early Friday afternoon and crashed into the raging waters of Cromline
Creek.
A light drizzle was coming down at the time.
Washingtonville Fire Chief Gary Hearn said she was able to climb through
a window and onto the roof of vehicle. She was spotted by passersby who
called 911.
Firefighters from several area departments responded and two first responders
walked out on an extended ladder suspended over the water, assisting the
woman off the rooftop and to safety. It took some 45 minutes to climb
out of the water and rescue her.
Hearn said aside from being wet, the woman was okay.
