Man lives after driving pickup into Niagara Falls gorge: Police
NIAGARA FALLS, New York (WJW) – A New York man is lucky to be alive after investigators said he drove a pickup truck into the Niagara Falls Gorge last week.
According to the New York State Park Police, officers responded around 6:25 p.m. Wednesday to a medical call outside the Aquarium of Niagara in the Niagara Falls State Park.
When they got there, officers discovered that a 42-year-old man drove a 2008 Toyota Tundra through a fence and into the gorge near the Whirlpool Bridge, investigators said.
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Photos shared on the New York State Park Police Department's Facebook page show the white pickup crashed near the bottom of the gorge overlooking the water.
According to police, the driver was able to get out and walk out of the gorge. First responders provided medical treatment at the scene before he was transported to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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The crash remains under investigation.
According to New York State Park Police, as of Thursday afternoon, NY State Parks and Historic Sites was figuring out how to remove the vehicle from the scene.
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