On Friday, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a fisherman at Lake o’ the Pines, less than 30 miles west of the Texas-Louisiana border, about a black Jeep vehicle that appeared to be submerged in the lake, authorities said.
Capt. Chuck Rogers, an investigator at the Marion County Sheriff's Office, told USA Today authorities don't know how or when the Jeep ended up there. It was approximately 18 minutes between the time deputies were dispatched and their arrival, he added.
"We do not know exactly how long the jeep was in the water. The victim confirmed it was at least a few hours," Rogers said.
“It was at that time they saw the woman,” Rogers said. “The fisherman and wrecker employee were able to help the woman from the Jeep. They placed her into the boat and she was brought to shore.”
According to the Sheriff’s Office, the woman went to the hospital and in the process of the investigation, they learned that she was a missing person from Longview, Texas.
Officials also said that due to the circumstances surrounding the incident that they won’t be releasing further information about the woman or the situation as a whole.
Source: USA Today
