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Emergency crews pulled a car from the icy Ohio River after an hours-long search Wednesday night.
A white SUV with Kentucky plates was pulled from the river around 11 p.m. Jan. 28, roughly six hours after it went in, Cincinnati Police Lt. Jerome Herring told Enquirer media partner Fox 19 on the scene.
One person was inside the car when it went into the river around 5 p.m., police said. It is not clear if the person inside the vehicle was recovered when it was extracted. The Enquirer has reached out to several agencies involved in the recovery to learn more.
The SUV entered the river near the Cincinnati Public Landing on East Mehring Way, near Great American Ball Park. Herring told Fox 19 the car got to the water by driving down a Broadway Street loading dock closed to the public and then began to float along the river.
Emergency crews from several agencies, including Cincinnati police and fire, Boone County Water Rescue, and the Hamilton County Police Association Underwater Search and Recovery Unit, were on scene conducting search and rescue operations, Herring said.
The car was pulled from the river around 11 p.m., Fox 19 reports.
Before the SUV was pulled from the water, Herring said the bitter cold and poor visibility posed a big challenge for the recovery effort.
“It depends on visibility and the officer’s ability to get into the water,” Herring said. “Once the officers and the dive team assess the temperature of the water, the current, and the speed of the water, they’ll put their equipment in, and the officers will get into the water and try to use sonar to locate the vehicle.”
Enquirer media partner Fox19 contributed.

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