Update: Two uninjured after car enters Cedar River at Mill Pond in Austin
Dive teams are searching for a vehicle that went into Mill Pond in Austin Tuesday morning.
(ABC 6 News) — Two individuals are safe after their car slid off the road and into the Cedar River near the Mill Pond Canoe entry, at the intersection of N Main and E 4th Street in Austin.
According to Austin Police Chief David McKichan, a car went into the river around 7:30 a.m. Nobody was injured, and the people inside the car made it out and to shore before the car sank.
Dive teams from the Mower and Olmsted County Sheriff’s Departments spent a few hours working to find the car and remove it from the river. According to Chief McKichan, that task took time because of the depth and water clarity.
The drivers attributed the bright sun as a factor in the crash, and the investigation into the accident is ongoing.