A driver was rescued after her vehicle ended up in a canal in the Florida Everglades in western Broward County Wednesday.
The incident happened shortly before 8 a.m. at a canal off Alligator Alley west of U.S. 27 near Weston.
Footage from Chopper 6 showed the vehicle completely submerged in the waterway.
Florida Highway Patrol officials said a 74-year-old woman was behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Trax heading westbound on Alligator Alley when she somehoe lost control and veered off the roadway.
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The car entered the grass shoulder then went through a chain link fence and into the canal, FHP officials said.
She was pulled from the vehicle as it floated in the water, officials said. She was taken to a local hospital as a precaution.
Officials said drugs and alcohol weren't a factor in the crash but said the driver couldn't recall the events that led to the car going off the roadway.
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