A car that was submerged in a swimming pool at a house in northwest Harris County was removed around 5:20 p.m. Tuesday. It took crews about 20 minutes to tow the vehicle out of the water.
The Harris County Sheriff's Office says the vehicle lost control and ended up in the pool happened around 4:25 a.m. Tuesday morning at a house on the 16000 block of Winter Rose Court.
Authorities say they arrived at the scene around 4:28 a.m. The occupants of the vehicle did not require an ambulance, according to investigators.
The driver of the car told officers at the scene that he was driving at about 100 miles per hour at the time of the accident.
The homeowners were asleep when they heard a commotion in their back yard.
"We were sleeping at 4, 4:30-ish," Jerry Brownlee said. "The car is coming...so when you wake you have this big flash of light and a bang and smash. You're thinking lightning. That's what I thought. So we got up and came to the back door and looked out the door and in the pool was this car floating."
The pool water has been deemed contaminated and a Hazmat crew will be required to deal with the cleanup and remove the car without further damaging the home.
Authorities say that if the driver has insurance, that company will be liable for the damage.
Source : http://www.click2houston.com/news/car-stuck-in-swimming-pool-in-nw-harris-county/30461660
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