Overview
- The 26-year-old and her 2-year-old son, whose car plunged off Quechee Main Street near the Mill Run condominiums on Monday, reached the bank before crews arrived.
- She unbuckled him from a car seat, cut through a deployed driver's-side airbag, climbed out a window, and swam them to shore.
- Paramedics took both to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center for evaluation, where officials reported no serious injuries.
- Rescue swimmers searched the submerged car and confirmed no one else was inside.
- Tow crews later pulled the car from the river as Hartford police opened a crash investigation during high spring runoff that raised water depth to about 4.5 feet, according to USGS data.