Man, child hospitalized after car plunges into Pompano Beach canal

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – An adult and a child were hospitalized after a car was driven into a Broward County canal.

It happened at approximately 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the area of Southwest 15th Street and 12th Avenue in Pompano Beach.

According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, a man lost control of his car and crossed over a median and possibly a guard rail before entering the water.

Deputies said a Good Samaritan witnessed the crash and helped the driver and a child who had been in the car.

Both the driver and the child were taken to a nearby hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening.

The vehicle was removed from the water shortly before 11 p.m.


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