By: Kelsey Hoak | Posted: Jan. 13, 2018 at 11:53 p.m. | Source: WSAZ
ELKVIEW, W.Va. (WSAZ) — UPDATE 1/12/18 @ 11:26 p.m.
One man was rescued from his vehicle after driving into a creek in Elkview.
It happened Friday just after 10 p.m. along Little Sandy Road.
When crews arrived on scene, water was up to the vehicle’s windows.
A water rescue team had to pull the man out of the back window and onto a boat.
The man was trying to cross the creek a couple miles upstream when he told crews his vehicle got swept away.
Firefighters tell WSAZ the man called 911 himself and remained on the phone with a dispatcher for about 30 minutes while he waited for crews to arrive. He couldn’t get out himself, the doors were stuck while the water was rising.
The man is expected to be okay.
Clendenin, Frame and Pinch Volunteer Fire Departments responded.
ORIGINAL STORY 1/12/18 @ 10:46 p.m.
Emergency crews are on the scene where a vehicle has gone into a creek in northern Kanawha County.
Crews tells WSAZ that the vehicle went into the water along Little Sandy Road in Elkview.
At least one person is in the vehicle. They were the one to call into 911.
