WYANDOTTE, Mich. – It started in Wyandotte about 5:30 in the afternoon on Wednesday.
Witnesses said an elderly woman was driving erratically on Biddle Avenue. She jumped a curb, hit a sign and then drove into a restaurant's parking lot.
Someone asked the woman if she needed help, but she refused and drove off toward Riverview.
The woman's van ended up in a creek that runs off the Detroit River right by the Grosse Ile bridge.
Thanks to 911 calls from bystanders, police were on the scene within minutes to rescue her from the water.
Wyandotte police Officer Joe Carr was one of the emergency responders.
"When I was on top of the vehicle, the water line was nearly to the top of the roof inside. She had floated over to the passenger side. I broke the window, opened the door and got her out," said Carr. "I'm just glad everything turned out right for everybody. She's healthy and she's going to be fine."