Car Pulled From Waters Of Marina On Long Island

Firefighters, a dive team, and tactical rescue workers were on standby after a car ended up submerged in the water of a Long Island marina.

A car was found submerged underwater at Islip Marina on the morning of Saturday, July 13.
Photo Credit: *Facebook/Islip Fire Department*

Sophie Grieser

07/14/2024 2:40 p.m.

It happened on Saturday, July 13 in Islip, according to the Islip Fire Department.

At approximately 5:20 a.m., the department was notified that there was a car in the waters of Islip Marina, located at the end of Maple Street off Bayview Ave.

The department responded, calling a nearby dive team in the event that passengers were still in the car.

Once on the scene, the department said it confirmed that nobody was in the vehicle, canceling the nearby dive team and allowing the Tactical Rescue unit to swim out, hook the car on a cable, and pull it back to shore before further environmental damage occurred.

It is unclear how the car ended up in the water.

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