PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. — Good Samaritans helped a driver get out of a canal after a crash on Sunday in Pembroke Pines, according to Pembroke Pines Fire Rescue.

The car crashed into the canal near C.B. Smith Park’s pavilion 17, and the witnesses moved quickly, according to Division Chief Jason Stepp.

“Bystanders on scene witnessed the vehicle go into the canal and immediately jumped into action, pulling the one adult occupant from the vehicle,” Stepp wrote in a statement.

Fire rescue personnel took the driver, whose condition was stable, to Memorial Hospital West. Pembroke Pines Police Department divers searched the car.

Local 10 News Assignment Editor Mariana Ortiz contributed to this report.

Fire rescue: Good Samaritans rescue driver from Pembroke Pines canal

Fire rescue personnel takes driver to Memorial Hospital West

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