![]() You will be getting out of the vehicle through the windows. Remember, your visibility may be limited or completely gone. Make sure you know how to free your child. While push-button car seat buckets are easy to unlatch, if your car seat has a chest clip it can be hard to unhook it with water rushing in. If a child is in a car seat, unbuckle them and bring them close to you so you can get them out more easily. If there are children in the car, unbuckle the oldest ones first so they can help with the younger ones. Take off your seatbelt immediately and make sure others around you have done the same and are ready to leave the vehicle. ![]() You do not want to be restrained when the car is sinking and you're trying to free yourself. Your main focus should be getting yourself and everyone in the vehicle out. You can get a lot done in 30 seconds if you stay calm.ĭo not attempt to call 911. Some research has shown that, depending on how you entered the water, your vehicle may float for 30 seconds or more before sinking. ![]() But panicking will only make things worse and you're more likely to make mistakes. ![]() What we know for Tuesday Step 1: Stay calmĮasy to say, hard to do. Submerged vehicle deaths: 5 teenagers die after car crashes into retention pond in Fort Myers. View Gallery: Fort Myers: 5 teens found dead in submerged vehicle off Topgolf Way ![]()
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