Aspiring CHP cop, young daughter rescue elderly driver after rollover crash into canal
A motivated police officer, with the help of his sharp-eyed 6-year-old daughter, rescued an elderly driver who crashed into an irrigation ditch on Monday, California authorities said. Syle Johnson and his wife, Ashley Martin, were visiting their Live Oak home when their young daughter, Kaylee, was playing in the front yard when they saw a […]
Passerby saves woman trapped in her car submerged in the Texas canal
A good Samaritan jumps into a Texas irrigation canal to save a woman trapped in a sinking car. The driver, a 49-year-old woman, was traveling southeast in Electra City when she lost control of the vehicle. She skidded off the road and plummeted into the South Side Canal. News Channel 6 reported. A 49-year-old woman […]
NYC sprays ‘Christmas’ perfume near Gowanus Canal — but waste site still stinks
That stinks. The city has sprayed “Christmas” scented perfume around the Gowanus Canal, but holiday spirit alone may not be enough to counteract the stench seeping out of Brooklyn's notoriously polluted waterway. During an odor-elimination operation that began in February and ended last month, the city's Department of Environmental Protection used mist sprayers to release […]
Nine killed when family in overloaded SUV crashes into Florida canal
Nine members of a family, including several young children, were killed Monday when a packed SUV went off a road, struck a guardrail and landed upside down in a canal in South Florida, authorities said. Only one passenger survived the fatal accident and was hospitalized in serious condition. “I’ve been in the fire department for […]
Brooklyn school near Gowanus Canal flagged for toxic air
A special needs elementary school near Brooklyn’s toxic Gowanus Canal has become the latest nearby facility to receive an air pollution warning, according to information obtained by The Post. Records show that air and soil samples from two buildings occupied by PS 372 on Carroll Street found traces of carcinogenic vapors and other hazardous substances, […]