CELINA, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a 76-year-old woman fell asleep behind the wheel in the middle of the
day and drove into a western Ohio lake, where she became stranded on the roof of her car and was rescued
with help from an Indiana teenager.
The Lima News (http://bit.ly/VHmusf ) reports the Rockford woman fell asleep before missing a curve in
the road and crossing a concrete rubble barrier into Grand Lake St. Marys.
The car drifted a bit and then sank a few yards offshore. The woman wasn’t hurt and was able to exit the
car.
A 15-year-old boy from nearby Portland, Indiana, witnessed the scene and swam out to give her a life
jacket. The fire department eventually rescued her by boat.
It wasn’t clear why the woman fell asleep.