Overview
- The car, which went into the Ottauquechee River on Monday around 12:45 p.m., had been traveling on Quechee Main Street in Hartford near the Mill Run condominiums.
- The mother unbuckled her 2-year-old from a rear car seat, cut through the deployed driver’s airbag, exited through a window, and the pair swam to shore.
- First responders arrived within minutes and found both on the riverbank, then took them to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center for evaluation with no serious injuries apparent.
- Rescue swimmers checked the submerged vehicle and confirmed no other occupants were inside.
- Hartford police are reviewing how the crash occurred, and U.S. Geological Survey data show spring runoff raised river depth to about 4.5 feet at a nearby gauge.