{"id":13735,"date":"2016-02-22T21:04:14","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T21:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=13735"},"modified":"2016-02-22T21:04:14","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T21:04:14","slug":"firefighters-rescue-18-year-old-girl-who-crashed-into-icy-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=13735","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters Rescue 18-Year-Old Girl Who Crashed Into Icy River"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>Watch the report HERE\u203a\u203a<\/a>\n

(CBS<\/a>)<\/em> \u2013 The region woke up to an icy mess, left over from yesterday\u2019s snow and wintry mix. Officials say those conditions may have caused a car to crash into a creek. Now, officials are speaking out about the accident that led to a dramatic rescue.<\/p>\n

An 18-year-old woman is lucky to be alive, after the car she was driving<\/span> $\"\"$ <\/span><\/a>skid off an icy road in Yorklyn Delaware and plummeted into what was then an icy river.<\/p>\n

That woman is\u00a0Emily Earnest from Hockessin, buckled into her seat, was upside down and gasping for air.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was still belted into the vehicle<\/span> $\"\"$ <\/span><\/a>,\u201d said Matthew Burge, a Hockessin firefighter. \u201cEverything was covered in water except about neck level. She was holding herself out of the water with her seatbelt. We were able to break the window, cut her seatbelt, and get her free.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burge and firefighter George Lamborn were the first on the scene.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst reaction is getting into the water and getting the individual out,\u201d said Lamborn said.<\/p>\n

They were faced\u00a0with the fact that her car could flip entirely over at any time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the vehicle landed on the water, it landed on a big rock and it prevented it from going all the way over,\u201d Burge said.<\/p>\n

Luckily, both men knew they had to act quickly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is definitely a type of call we don\u2019t get every day. 20 years of service and this is only the second one that was like this,\u201d said Lamborn.<\/p>\n

Emily Earnest\u2019s mother tells Eyewitness News her daughter is out of the hospital and in a statement said in quote<\/span> $\"\"$ <\/span><\/a>, \u201cWe\u2019re thankful the response was so quick\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"