Video/Photos: Firefighters Rescue Driver After Car Falls Into Brook Off Route 208

Hawthorne firefighters rescued a driver whose car barreled down an embankment and over a wall into Goffle Brook near Route 208 Tuesday night.

Firefighters rescue driver.

Photo Credit: Boyd A. Loving

Firefighters carried her to safety.
Photo Credit: *Boyd A. Loving*

The woman, who was alert after being carried from the car, smiled as she thanked her rescuers.
Photo Credit: *Boyd A. Loving*

The woman was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital after the crash.
Photo Credit: *Boyd A. Loving*

Rescuers at work.
Photo Credit: *Boyd A. Loving*

Jerry DeMarco

09/11/2018 8:00 p.m.

The woman was alert and thanking Hawthorne firefighters through tears of joy as they turned a ladder into a makeshift basket and carried her over the wall before she was placed on a gurney and taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital.

The crash occurred just before 7 p.m. as she tried to turn onto northbound Route 208 from Goffle Road.

Responders from several towns rushed to the scene.

Boyd A. Loving contributed to this account.

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