Submerged Car, Aurora CO 8-29-14

[Guest]

Friday evening a family moving in a U-Haul truck was towing their SUV near Colfax & Quentin when it came loose from the trailer.  The vehicle jumped a curb and traveled downhill into a storm water pond.  Aurora Fire responded but are only equipped to handle surface rescues, so mutual aid from South Metro was requested.  The SMFR Dive Team arrived a short time later to hook the SUV for the tow truck.

 

Empty vehicle hauling trailer and the roof of the SUV...

   

 

Growing fuel slick on the water.

   

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Stand by Diver from Engine Co. 42 getting ready.  Engine & Medic 42 respond in tandem with the Dive Rescue and staff extra team members.

   

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Back up diver from Dive Rescue 33

   

 

Primary Diver getting ready to go in, back up diver at the ready and stand by diver on the bench.

   

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Primary Diver from Dive Rescue 33

   

 

Going under...

   

[Guest]

Aside from losing their car... They lost all the contents packed tight inside.

   

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Doing some decon... The pond water smelled pretty foul.

   

 

   

[CCFR-45]

Moving is stressful enough, sad to have to add that on top of it all.


Good practice for the dive team though. Nice pictures.

 

Thanks for sharing.

[TacSupport1]

Great shots!

[hank]

Good photos!

 

tHANKs

[gmuhr]

Nice shots.

[Guest]

Good stuff. I like the not typical rescure photos. The diver walking out of the water is great.

[Guest]

Very good photos and coverage of a not very exciting event.

[rescue2]

Nice pics!