Car plunged into swimming pool in NW Harris
County, Texas. Hazmat to clean up the
pool water.
Author: John
Brannen, Web Editor, Click2Houston.com
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas -
A car that was submerged in a swimming pool at a house
in northwest Harris County was removed around 5:20 p.m. Tuesday. It took crews
about 20 minutes to tow the vehicle out of the water.
The Harris County Sheriff's Office says the vehicle lost
control and ended up in the pool happened around 4:25 a.m. Tuesday morning at a
house on the 16000 block of Winter Rose Court.
Authorities say they arrived at the scene around 4:28
a.m. The occupants of the vehicle did not require an ambulance, according to
investigators.
The driver of the car told officers at the scene that he
was driving at about 100 miles per hour at the time of the accident.
The homeowners were asleep when they heard a commotion
in their back yard.
"We were sleeping at 4, 4:30-ish," Jerry
Brownlee said. "The car is coming...so when you wake you have this big
flash of light and a bang and smash. You're thinking lightning. That's what I
thought. So we got up and came to the back door and looked out the door and in
the pool was this car floating."
The pool water has been deemed contaminated and a Hazmat
crew will be required to deal with the cleanup and remove the car without
further damaging the home.
Authorities say that if the driver has insurance, that
company will be liable for the damage.
