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Elderly Woman Rescued By Deputies After Car Crashing Into Boca Raton Canal

BOCA RATON (CBSMiami/AP) — An elderly woman was saved by two Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office deputies after her car crashed into canal in Boca Raton.

The PBSO said in a Facebook post the woman was trapped in her car, which was submerging into the water.

Boca Raton Car In Canal 1
(Source: Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office)

Two sheriff deputies got in the water and pulled the woman out.

Images of the incident shared by the sheriff's office show a red car almost fully submerged with the front passenger door open and a woman sitting on the banks of the canal after the rescue.

Officials did not say what caused the crash.

Boca Raton Car In Canal 2
(Source: Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office)

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