Photo by RR Best
Moultrie County dive team members Jesse Scribner, Rob Martz and Amanda Farley secure equipment before diving down to hook the submerged car from the drink.

Area Agencies offer assistance

•January 6, 2016•

By Mike Brothers

Moultrie County Sheriff’s Department responded to a 6 a.m. call New Year’s Eve to a car submerged in water off Joe Pound Road east of Sullivan.

Chief Deputy Gary Carroll said when they arrived at the scene by 6:20 the Dodge Magnum was about 80 yards from dry land and another 35 yards off the roadway.

“When we arrived the car was under water and there was no sign of a driver,” Carroll said, explaining they had concerns for the safety of the driver.

That’s when Sullivan Fire Department and the Moultrie County dive team joined Moultrie County deputies at the scene.

Department of Natural Resources and the Shelby County dive team also responded as backup.      Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.