Authorities said they removed a 20-year-old woman from a car in a Lauderhill canal Sunday.
The woman was found dead in the driver’s seat in a canal on the 4800 block of University Drive Sunday morning, Lauderhill Fire Rescue spokesman Lt. Jerry Gonzalez said.
The police and fire departments responded after getting calls from passersby about a car in the canal at about 7:30 to 8 a.m., Lauderhill Police Lt. Gregory Solowsky said.
It remained unclear when the Dodge Avenger SXT went into the water, however. Investigators are trying to create a timeline and figure out where the driver was coming from and going to, Solowsky said.
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He said responding officers could see the top of the vehicle in the canal, which he estimated is 10 to 12 feet deep. They broke a window and pulled out the driver, who was already dead, Solowsky said.
It does not appear that the car hit its brakes at a high speed, or that another vehicle hit the Avenger and pushed it into the canal, he said.
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Authorities removed the car from the water later on Sunday.
Lauderhill Police’s traffic homicide unit is investigating. Police ask anyone who was driving south on University Drive at about 7:30 a.m. Sunday that may have seen what happened to call them with any information at 954-497-4700, Solowsky said.
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