A McGregor woman escaped injury after driving her vehicle into the Mississippi River, by Lansing, Monday evening.
On Aug. 14, at 5:25 p.m., the Allamakee County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a person that had driven into the Mississippi River, off of Front Street, in Lansing.
According to a release from the sheriff’s office, the driver, Michelle Rose Timmons, 51, of McGregor, was able to escape from the vehicle and swim toward the shoreline. Bystanders helped her out of the water, but she then left the scene.
Bystanders went to the Lansing Fire Station, notifying firemen that Timmons had driven her vehicle into the water.