Overview

• A witness alerted Aachen police around 7:15 a.m. to a soaked elderly woman sitting at the Blausteinsee shore.
• Responders sent officers, an ambulance and a helicopter, then transported her to a hospital with serious injuries and hypothermia.
• She had escaped the vehicle before it sank, according to police.
• The car was located from the air, recovered from the water and towed away.
• Police opened a traffic-accident investigation and advised drivers to use refresher lessons or traffic training grounds rather than practicing on public roads.