Two people were found dead inside a car that plunged into the Potomac River on Saturday.
D.C. Fire and EMS have recovered the car that crashed into the Potomac River near Roosevelt Bridge on Saturday, July 9, 2016.
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WTOP/Dave Dildine
Rock Creek Parkway was closed near the old Constitution Avenue lookout as emergency crews recover a vehicle that plunged into the Potomac River on July, 9, 2016.
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WTOP/Dave Dildine
D.C. Fire and EMS search for a car the crashed into the Potomac River near the Roosevelt Bridge with two occupants still trapped inside.
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WTOP/Dave Dildine
Rescuers respond to the scene after reports that a car plunged into the Potomac River on Saturday, July 9, 2016.
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Courtesy DC Fire and EMS via Twitter
Rescuers respond to the scene after reports that a car plunged into the Potomac River on Saturday, July 9, 2016.
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Courtesy DC Fire and EMS via Twitter
One occupant managed to escape and alert authorites after a car plunged into the Potomac River near the Roosevelt Bridge on Saturday, July 9, 2016.
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Courtesy DC Fire and EMS via Twitter
One occupant managed to escape and alert authorites after a car plunged into the Potomac River near the Roosevelt Bridge on Saturday, July 9, 2016.
(Courtesy DC Fire and EMS via Twitter)
Courtesy DC Fire and EMS via Twitter
Rescuers search for a vehicle that plunged into the Potomac River on Sunday, July 9, 2016,
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Two people were found dead inside a car that plunged into the Potomac River on Saturday.
The car was found in the water near the Roosevelt Bridge early Sunday.
The U.S. Park Police says the vehicle was traveling north on Ohio Drive near Parkway Drive when it left the roadway.
One passenger was able to swim ashore and alert authorities. That occupant was taken to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries. The driver and another passenger were found dead in the vehicle, according to U.S. Park Police.
The car went into the water at around 10:50 p.m. Saturday.
Emergency responders from D.C. police, Park police and the U.S. Coast Guard, with fire boats from D.C. and Alexandria, scoured the water for the car and the bodies for hours.
The car and was located at around 1 a.m. A cadaver dog from Fairfax County, Virginia discovered the bodies.
Police are investigating what caused the car to plunge into the river. The causes of death are still being investigated.
WTOP’s John Domen and Teta Alim contributed to this report
