Car Plunges Into Creek After Woman Suffers Medical Emergency

MONONGAHELA (KDKA) -- A woman is remarkably okay after her car slid from the road and wound up in a creek.

It happened near Pangburn Hollow Road in Monongahela around noon Friday. The road was wet from rain.

Police say Sherry Clauson was behind the wheel of a car that ended up at the bottom of Perry Mill Creek.

Investigators say Clauson lost control of the vehicle during a medical emergency. She is reportedly diabetic.

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She hit a guard rail, plunging the car into the creek.

By the time emergency crews arrived she was already out of the car and standing in the road.

Clauson was taken to Allegheny General Hospital where she was treated and released.