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It was a case of being in the right place at the right time after a 20-year-old driver was rescued by RCMP officers from a water-filled ditch earlier this week.
Killarney RCMP were on patrol northbound on Highway 18, approximately 10 kilometres north of Killarney on Wednesday morning, when officers observed a southbound car lose control and flip onto its roof in a water-filled ditch on the west shoulder.
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Officers immediately stopped, with one officer calling for an ambulance while the other ran to the ditch. The officer jumped into the cold water to get the driver out of the car which was filled with water. The passenger window was open, and the RCMP officer was able to pull out the driver and get him to safety. The officer then went back into the water to ensure nobody else was in the vehicle.
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The male driver from Killarney suffered minor injuries and was taken to local hospital where he was treated and released.
“The young driver was wearing his seatbelt at the time of the collision, and that certainly helped in saving his life,” said Sgt. Eric Descoteaux, the senior officer on scene from Turtle Mountain RCMP. “We are just so relieved that we happened to be in the right place to witness this collision and that we could respond immediately. Some days, being a first responder is heartbreaking, but because we were in the right place at the right time, and my partner jumped in that water so quickly, today was not one of those days.”
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