Crews respond to Cowan Lake after vehicle goes into water

WILMINGTON, Ohio (WXIX) - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources was called to Cowan Lake after a vehicle ended up in the water.

According to ODNR officials, the vehicle went into the lake’s youth fishing pond.

A representative from ODNR said that when officers arrived, the alleged driver was already out of the vehicle and was taken to a local hospital for evaluation.

The Clinton-Warren Joint Fire District posted on Facebook a few minutes after 12:30 p.m. Wednesday that multiple departments are working the “active scene.”

A photo the district shared in their post shows a vehicle with a blue roof in the water.

Officials have not said what caused the vehicle to go into Cowan Lake.

ODNR is handling this ongoing investigation.

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