Cape Fire and Police respond to water rescue

Sarah Yenesel

Friday, April 16, 2021

From reporting by J.C. Reeves: A person was pulled Friday afternoon from a vehicle that had submerged in a pond near the intersection of Prospect Drive and Scenic Drive. According to fire chief Randy Morris, Cape Girardeau Fire and Police Departments responded at approximately 1:40 p.m. to a report of a vehicle submerged in the lake. Divers extracted a person from the vehicle who was transported by ambulance to Saint Francis Medical Center. The water depth where the car sank was approximately 8 to 10 feet, according to Morris. The vehicle was pulled from the pond and towed from the scene.

Cape Girardeau Firefighters pull what seems to be a jacket out of a pond at the Little Ponderosa Lake after rescuing the driver and before towing the car that was completely submerged on Friday, April 16, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
A Cape Girardeau Firefighter in scuba gear is about to inspect the submerged car before towing it out a pond in Little Ponderosa Lake near the intersection of Prospect Drive and Scenic Drive on Friday, April 16, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters supervise a firefighter in scuba gear inspecting the submerged car in a pond at Little Ponderosa Lake near the intersection of Prospect Drive and Scenic Drive on Friday, April 16, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Cape Girardeau Fire and Police departments work at the scene of a submerged car in a pond at Little Ponderosa Lake near the intersection of Prospect Drive and Scenic Drive on Friday, April 16, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)

A Cape Girardeau Firefighter speaks to a worker of the tow truck before towing a submerged car in a pond at Little Ponderosa Lake near the intersection of Prospect Drive and Scenic Drive on Friday, April 16, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
The submerged car begins to come to the surface as it is towed out of a pond at Little Ponderosa Lake near the intersection of Prospect Drive and Scenic Drive on Friday, April 16, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
The submerged car is towed out of a pond at Little Ponderosa Lake near the intersection of Prospect Drive and Scenic Drive on Friday, April 16, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
The submerged car leaks water as it is towed out of a pond at Little Ponderosa Lake near the intersection of Prospect Drive and Scenic Drive on Friday, April 16, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
The submerged car leaks water as it is towed out of a pond at Little Ponderosa Lake near the intersection of Prospect Drive and Scenic Drive on Friday, April 16, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)