By Daniella Segura
The Charlotte Observer
LIVERMORE, Calif. 鈥� A woman was rescued after sitting on top of her submerged and overturned pickup truck in a rushing creek for nearly 15 hours, California rescuers say.
A passerby called police after seeing a car submerged in water in Livermore on Tuesday, Jan 23, shortly after 10 a.m., Cheryl Hurd, a spokesperson with the Alameda County Fire Department, said in an email to McClatchy News.
Fire crews arrived and 鈥渟aw a woman sitting on top of her car,鈥� Hurd said.
Members from the put the woman in a rescue harness, California Highway Patrol Golden Gate Division Air Operations said in a Jan. 23 Facebook post.
After a California Highway Patrol helicopter arrived, Hurd said rescuers used a short lift to hoist the woman from her truck.
The woman told fire crews she was 鈥渢rying to drive on a cement bridge to the other side鈥� at about 7:30 p.m. on the day prior, Hurd said.
In the darkness, Hurd said the woman didn鈥檛 realize how 鈥渄eep the water was.鈥�
The bridge, however, was 鈥渙ver a creek bed that had rising water.鈥�
Though she waited on her truck, which was mostly covered in water, overnight the woman was not injured, Hurd said.
She was taken to a hospital, Hurd said.
Livermore is about 45 miles southeast of San Francisco .
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