First responders rescue 2 from vehicle submerged in NW Indiana creek

Two people were rescued by firefighters on Saturday evening after their vehicle plunged into a creek in northwest Indiana, authorities said.

At approximately 5:33 p.m., the Michigan City Fire Department was called to the 100 block of Franklin Street for a report of a vehicle that had driven into the water, fire officials said in a Facebook post. Firefighters arrived on the scene and met with a witness on a personal watercraft, who directed them to the vehicle.

Two fire department divers, and a third diver from the Michigan City Police Department, jumped into the water, located the vehicle and broke its windows to get inside, authorities said. First responders pulled two people from the vehicle and immediately began life-saving measures before transporting both individuals to a local hosp