Overview
- Baltimore fire divers rescued a middle-aged woman after her car went off Pier 4 on Tuesday evening and sank near Pier 5.
- Officials said she was underwater for nearly 30 minutes and remains in critical condition at Maryland Shock Trauma, yet is conscious and expected to live.
- Crews searched the red Chevy sedan to confirm no additional occupants and determined she was the sole person in the vehicle.
- The car was recovered from the harbor shortly after 9 p.m. as police and fire units secured the scene in 53-degree water.
- Baltimore police have opened an investigation into how the vehicle entered the water, with unverified bystander accounts describing the car speeding off the pier.