Naperville, IL - Dive Rescue/Recovery, car in a quarry lake; 2 dead - 7/19/14

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SAT., JULY 19, 2014 ...0210 hours
NAPERVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
M.A.B.A.S. Division 16
WATER RESCUE/RECOVERY FOR CAR IN QUARRY LAKE
NEAR DUPAGE RIVER AT AURORA AVE. AND EAGLE ST.,
JUST NORTH OF NAPERVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
NAPERVILLE, IL

WATER RESCUE/RECOVERY FOR A CAR IN QUARRY LAKE. ONE VICTIM RESCUED CONSCIOUS AND ALERT. SEARCHING FOR ADDITIONAL VICTIM OR VICTIMS.

TWO MALE PASSENGERS, BOTH 21 YEARS OLD,  1 A RESIDENT OF NAPERVILLE and 1 A RESIDENT OF LISLE, WERE DISCOVERED BY DIVERS AND TRANSPORTED TO EDWARD HOSPITAL WHERE THEY WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD.

(THE QUARRY IS APPROX. 70 FEET DEEP)

DRIVER OF CRASHED 2007 CHEVROLET IMPALA, A MALE OF UNKNOWN AGE,  ESCAPED THE VEHICLE IN THE QUARRY AND SWAM TO SHORE, WHERE HE WAS EVENTUALLY ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH DUI.

Unsure of Naperville's response; but I saw Squad Co. 8, Medic 4, and their Water/Dive Rescue Unit from Station 7 on the news.   
AUTO. AID: LISLE-WOODRIDGE FIRE PROT. DISTRICT WITH 2 ENGINES, 2 DIVERS ABOARD EACH.
 
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