TAMARAC, Fla – A green-and-white went into the blue and now a Broward County deputy might have some explaining to do, as officials worked Wednesday to get his or her cruiser out of a Tamarac lake.
Officials with the Broward Sheriff’s Office said the vehicle slid into the water while in park. The deputy was out of the vehicle at the time.
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A BSO spokesperson initially told Local 10 News that the deputy had mistakenly placed the vehicle in neutral, but the agency later revised its account of the incident.
According to a witness, the cruiser went into the lake behind the golf course in his neighborhood near the 6500 block of North University Drive.
Sky 10 flew over the scene where two tow trucks were on standby and a police diver was in the water trying to hook a line to the patrol car.
Video shared with Local 10 News from a viewer shows the marked Chevrolet Caprice patrol car caked in mud after being pulled from the water.
There were no reported injuries.
Editor’s note: A BSO spokesperson initially told Local 10 News that the deputy had mistakenly placed the vehicle in neutral, but the agency later revised its account of the incident. This story has been updated to reflect that.