Houston police were alerted to reports of a crash in the southwest of the city at about 2:30 p.m. on Monday, October 31.
According to ABC13, police believe the driver of the grey sedan was involved in a single-car crash before the vehicle fell between two bridges in Wilcrest at about 3 a.m. or 4 a.m. that same day.
The bodies of two people were found in the vehicle, which was fully submerged when the police managed to locate it.
According to the Karam Law Office, there were 3,896 motor vehicle traffic fatalities across Texas in 2020. The legal firm added that there were 330 traffic accident fatalities in Houston in 2021, a 20 percent increase from the year before.
Browni Ford, who was driving down Wilcrest near Beechnut, came across police as they were investigating.
She told ABC13: “The car was already down there submerged. They told us it had been down there since 3 a.m. which is kinda crazy because that’s a long time.”
Officers told the network the car might have gone unnoticed as they have not found anyone who saw what happened.
Lt M. Hroch said: “We don’t have any actual witnesses at the scene, so it’s kind of hard to piece everything together right now.”
Police have not identified the victims, but did describe them both as adults. Heavy machinery was needed to lift the car out of the water and allow police to get to the bodies.
Newsweek has contacted the Houston Police Department for comment.
In May, a North Carolina man who was trapped underwater for 20 minutes managed to be saved after the vehicle fell into a ditch.
The man had been traveling on the Interstate 95 highway when he suffered a cardiac arrest and severe injuries after being underwater for more than 20 minutes.
Two witnesses who were also traveling along the highway stopped to help him and a passenger in the vehicle.
Firefighter Richard Highes, from the Jasper County Fire and Rescue Department, was on his way home when he came across the accident before he helped with the rescue.
He said: “It was pure luck that I had delayed my trip home that morning. It’s rare to see an incident with that severity of damage and not already have responders on scene.
“The bystanders did a great deal of help making access even prior to my arrival.”
