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Driver Pulled From Inner Harbor Crash Is Conscious and Expected to Survive

Police are investigating how the car left the pier, with witness accounts of speeding still unconfirmed.

Overview

  • Baltimore fire divers rescued a middle-aged woman after her car went off Pier 4 on Tuesday evening and sank near Pier 5.
  • Officials said she was underwater for nearly 30 minutes and remains in critical condition at Maryland Shock Trauma, yet is conscious and expected to live.
  • Crews searched the red Chevy sedan to confirm no additional occupants and determined she was the sole person in the vehicle.
  • The car was recovered from the harbor shortly after 9 p.m. as police and fire units secured the scene in 53-degree water.
  • Baltimore police have opened an investigation into how the vehicle entered the water, with unverified bystander accounts describing the car speeding off the pier.