A 37-year-old Pensacola man is alive thanks to quick action by two Navy sailors who witnessed the man’s car plunge into Bayou Chico Creek Sunday night and become submerged.
The Florida Highway Patrol said the incident happened about 9 p.m. in the area of U.S. 98 and Navy Boulevard in Escambia County. The FHP reported the Pensacola man had suffered a medical emergency while driving a white Mercedes automobile eastbound in the westbound lanes of U.S. 98 at a high rate of speed.
According to the highway patrol, the car ran the red light and traveled through a Murphy’s Express parking lot before colliding with a concrete parking bollard. The vehicle then went through a chain-link fence and onto the Southwest Greenway boardwalk.
The car ultimately crashed into Bayou Chico Creek, becoming completely submerged.
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