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Monday, June 2, 2014

Driver Rescued by Good Samaritans After Truck Plunges Into Lake Ponchartrain

Shock: The 26-year-old driver was reaching for his cell-phone when his car careered over the side of the bridge
A 26-year old man from River Rigde is recovering at East Jefferson Hospital after his GMC pickup truck struck the Causeway bridge railing plunging into Lake Pontchartrain Saturday afternoon. He was rescued by passing motorists with life carrying vest and a rope.  One of the Samaritans says he didn't stop to think before jumping into the water to help the motorist.  According to police, the driver got distracted when he reached for his cell phone, which caused him to hit the railing. Police say the truck slid along the railing for 80 feet before it went over. The driver complains of some back pain, but his condition is still unknown. No one else was injured during the rescue.
 
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Helping hand: The pickup driven by a 26-year-old River Ridge man plunged into the lake from the southbound span a couple miles from the south shore, authorities said. Rescuers on the bridge helped to pull both the driver and his rescuer to safety
Rescuer: A driver whose pickup truck went over the railing of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway was rescued by several other motorists who stopped on the bridge to come to his aid Saturday afternoon

Lucky to be alive: A 26 year-old River Ridge man is pulled from Lake Pontchartrain by citizens after the truck he was driving went off the west side of the southbound causeway bridge near the two mile marker. On the far right of the picture youc an see his rescuer, Alvin Pike, being hauled back onto the bridge

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