"Where they've got the tent set up there, there's a cement slab," Lauth said, motioning to where authorities and divers were stationed at the river's edge. When asked if he's ever seen a vehicle go in the water there before, he said, "Not to my knowledge." He said a neighbor called him about the news before he arrived on scene. Mike Lauth, who owns the site immediately north, said the lot and the waterfront aren't part of his property - it's owned by the city - but that he's been familiar with the area since developing the property in the mid-70s. "I just started watching because I wanted to make sure the kids got out," Bourbonais said. I grabbed my cell phone, called 911, and came out. I’m up front, and my two co-workers heard a splash or a crash … and a gentleman yelling for help," she said. Jana Bourbonais works in the office building nearest to the lot, and nearly an hour after calling in the incident, she was among the dozens of spectators still watching as first responders worked. The area where the vehicle entered the water, and where Glenwood Avenue dead-ends into a parking lot, are adjacent to a property with small office buildings. Pratto's elder and youngest children are being treated at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, while the 5-year-old is at Children's Hospital in Detroit. The Port Huron Criminal Investigative Division and Major Crimes Unit are still investigating the incident. Coast Guard had established a security zone on the Black River while the dive team and Preferred Towing worked to remove the submerged vehicle. Clair County Dive Team also responded and assisted with the third and fourth extrications. Pratto and her children were rescued by the Port Huron Fire Department's rapid divers. Rescue crews first responded to the call of a submerged around 4 p.m. Unable to swim, he reportedly jumped out of the moving vehicle before its impact with the water. Pratto was unable to stop the vehicle, police said in the release, and the man, a front-seat passenger, unsuccessfully attempted to put the gear shift into park. However, a release Wednesday afternoon stated he told police that Pratto was having trouble with the vehicle's brakes prior to its crash. The 26-year-old male occupant who escaped the car before it entered the river just west of the 10th Street Bridge has not been identified by police. Her three children, ages 3, 5, and 6, were in the vehicle with her, and police said they remain in critical condition at other facilities with family members at their side. A 26-year-old Port Huron woman driving a vehicle that became submerged in the Black River late Tuesday afternoon has died.Īccording to Port Huron police, Corey Michelle Pratto died at McLaren Port Huron shortly after 11 p.m.
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