NEAR WESTON, Fla. (WSVN) — A man was found dead after paramedics pulled his body from a canal in Weston, authorities said.
Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies and Sunrise Fire Rescue units responded to a car inside a canal on U.S. 27, Thursday afternoon.
7Skyforce hovered over the scene and captured officials placing a white sheet over the body upon its discovery.
Cameras captured tire marks that lead straight into the high grass and water off of U.S. 27.
Officials said a dump truck driving in the southbound lanes noticed the car in the canal and called authorites.
Upon their arrival, divers went inside the water and ultimately were able to find the body of the man and brought him to shore and through the thick grass on a gurney.
It’s unclear how the person ended up with their car inside the canal.
When the driver was driving off the roadway, he knocked down a ‘Do Not Enter’ sign.
According to statistics, over 800 drivers drove into canals across Florida in 2022. That’s over two a day on average.
Experts say drivers who pick up speed near the water make the risk even more dangerous.
The car has since been towed. As of late Thursday night, the driver’s identity has not been released.
This wasn’t the only car found in a canal on Thursday. Just a few hours prior to the Weston incident and a few miles south, investigators found the body of 26-year-old Ramiro Gomez.
A husband and father of two somehow also drove his car into a canal on Wednesday night.
Friends told 7News Gomez sent money to Mexico to support his wife and kids, but in his off time, he liked to fish off the dirt road in West Broward, where he tragically lost his life.
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