Crime & Safety
Birmingham Police Chief Pulls Man From Sinking Car
When a Bay City man's vehicle went into a lake off I-75, Birmingham Police Chief Mark Clemence sprung into action and helped save his life.
BIRMINGHAM, MI — Police Chief Mark Clemence is a hero. On the way to a golf outing Saturday morning, Birmingham’s top officer rescued a Bay City man by pulling him out of his sinking car. The chief saw the man drive across several lanes of I-75 into a lake and took quick action, according to a WXYZ-TV report.
"As I stood there I could see bubbles starting to come up around the car and I knew right then and there that car was going to sink in that muck," Clemence told 7 Action News. "We needed to get that guy out."
The driver, who was from Bay City, suffered some head trauma but is said to be doing okay, according to Clemence.
For more, go to WXYZ-TV.
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