{"id":360,"date":"2011-09-08T15:38:11","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T15:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mema\/?p=360"},"modified":"2011-09-08T15:38:11","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T15:38:11","slug":"trooper-rescues-woman-from-submerging-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/2011\/09\/08\/trooper-rescues-woman-from-submerging-vehicle\/","title":{"rendered":"TROOPER RESCUES WOMAN FROM SUBMERGING VEHICLE"},"content":{"rendered":"

(BEL AIR, MD)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A Maryland state trooper\u2019s rescue of a Harford County woman whose vehicle was being submerged in flood waters last night is a reminder of why police, fire, and emergency management personnel are urging motorists not to drive into areas flooded by the continuing rain.<\/p>\n

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At about 8:30 p.m. yesterday, Corporal Ray Domico, of the Bel Air Barrack, was assigned to a traffic post at Rt. 24 and Cherry Hill Road where the road was closed due to flooding.\u00a0 Police Communications Operator Veronica Bruns received a frantic 911 call from a woman who was trapped in her vehicle that was being submerged after she drove into water flooding across the roadway from Deer Creek on Rt. 24 at St. Clair Bridge Road, about two miles north of Cpl. Domico\u2019s post.\u00a0 While Cpl. Domico headed north toward the location, PCO Bruns stayed on the phone trying to calm the distraught 49-year-old woman from Pylesville.<\/p>\n

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Upon arrival at the scene, Cpl. Domico spotted the sinking sport utility vehicle in swift moving water.\u00a0 Knowing he had to act quickly, Cpl. Domico waded into the waist-deep water.\u00a0 He was able to reach the vehicle and assist the driver, who was the only occupant, out of the SUV.\u00a0 Cpl. Domico helped her walk back through the water to dry ground.\u00a0 Neither person was injured in the incident.\u00a0 The vehicle remains in the flood waters at that location.<\/p>\n

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State, county, and municipal road departments have blocked flooded roadway areas across the state.\u00a0 Drivers are urged to heed those blockades and follow established detours.\u00a0 If drivers come upon a flooded roadway that has not been blocked, they are urged not to drive into the flooded area.<\/p>\n

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Before heading out this morning, drivers are urged to check the State Highway Administration travel advisory website at\u00a0www.md511.org<\/a>\u00a0for the latest road closures and information about highway hazards, traffic crashes, and delays.\u00a0 The latest weather and other emergency information is available on the Maryland Emergency Management Agency website atwww.mema.state.md.us<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(BEL AIR, MD)\u00a0\u2013 A Maryland state trooper\u2019s rescue of a Harford County woman whose vehicle was being submerged in flood waters last night is a reminder of why police, fire, and emergency management personnel are urging motorists not to drive into areas flooded by the continuing rain.   At about 8:30 p.m. yesterday, Corporal Ray  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[117,130,166],"class_list":["post-360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-flooding","tag-harford-county","tag-md511"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t