Car pulled from the Youghiogheny River
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Officials were called to the McKeesport boat launch after a car was found in the Youghiogheny River on Wednesday.
The incident occurred at the bottom of Rebecca Street. No word yet from officials on if anyone was inside the vehicle.
Two men found the vehicle and alerted the authorities. The men are a part of a nationwide underwater search and recovery team and were using sonar in an attempt to locate a vehicle involved in a 50-year cold case, at the request of the family.
That is when they came across the submerged car.
"We were in town searching for Bill Higgins. Cold case from 50 years ago, last seen in '55 Chevy blue truck ... It was a long shot because it's such an old case. ... We were hoping to find him today and we ended up finding this Chevy Equinox," Adam Brown said.
Higgins, a McKeesport man, went missing 50 years ago without a trace.
"We were out here searching the waterways, using sonar technology trying to find vehicles, specifically his truck," Brown said.
The men said when they found the vehicle, the windows were down and the keys were in the ignition.
"This case sounds like it was a stolen vehicle, which is 95% of the time we just find stolen vehicles. But it's still something that is polluting the waterways," Brown said.
