3-year-old, adult escape flooding vehicle after crash in Evans County

EVANS COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - On August 6, first responders from Evans County Fire and Rescue were alerted to a motor vehicle collision where an adult and a 3-year-old child “went off the road into a small body of water,” according to a social media post.

Evans Co. Fire and Rescue say that, “due to the location and height of the embankment no one could see the car” and that the adult lost their phone while trying to get the child out of the car seat, which left “no way of calling.”

The driver of the vehicle self-rescued both themselves and the child while the car was filling up with water.

The event was noticed by passersby, who alerted the first responders.

The post states that “dive team members responded with equipment and found the individuals out of the vehicle on arrival.”

In the same post, Evans Co. Fire and Rescue shared a link to a YouTube video explaining how window breakers - a device used to smash car windows easily - are used, along with tips on how to survive when in the situation of being submerged in a vehicle.

Evans County Fire and Rescue asks for everyone to consider getting a good window breaker and seatbelt cutter for emergencies such as this.

Window breakers and seatbelt cutters can be found at most department stores with automobile sections, auto repair shops, and online.

They usually range in price anywhere from $5 to $30, although there are more expensive models available.

Many car escape kits combine window breakers and seatbelt cutters into one multi-purpose tool.