JACKSON – Police rescued a woman who drove into a lake late at night in a suicide attempt.
An intoxicated woman drove into a lake in Colliers Mills at around 11 p.m. on October 31. A call to the police said that she was still inside the submerged vehicle. When police arrived, she was out of the car, about 30 to 40 yards offshore, yelling unintelligibly in the cold water.
Officers Matthew Jamison and Michael Collins went into the water. When they reached her, she was unresponsive and floating face up. They brought her back to shore where fire and emergency personnel began treating her.
She regained consciousness and was brought to a nearby hospital for treatment and evaluation.
