A mother and child were rescued from an SUV in the water near Grenache Blanc Drive in St. Charles County on Thursday morning, and three first responders were also hospitalized after sustaining cuts from rocks in the water, FOX 2 reported. The incident was reported around 8 a.m. in the area near St. Peters and Cottleville.
The mother and child were taken to a hospital after being brought out cold and wet, according to the Cottleville Fire Protection District as cited by FOX 2. The three responders received hospital treatment for their cuts. Their conditions were not reported, and officials had not established how the SUV entered the water.
Earlier rescues involved different circumstances
Two earlier vehicle-water rescues reported in the St. Charles area offer comparisons, but do not explain Thursday’s incident. On July 5, 2019, a driver was rescued after entering a flooded roadway at Cole Boulevard and Elm Street along Cole Creek; FOX 2 attributed the high water to flash flooding.
During flooding on July 26, 2022, St. Charles County first responders rescued a man from a nearly submerged car, in an incident later described by FOX 2. Those accounts document separate flood-related emergencies; they do not establish that flooding played a role in the rescue near Grenache Blanc Drive. The available report leaves both the cause of Thursday’s incident and the five patients’ conditions unresolved.
