VIDEO: A woman’s death after her car crashed into a canal off Burnt Store Road in Cape Coral is raising urgent safety lessons about how to survive if your car ends up underwater. “Maybe if she had something that she could have cracked her window to escape…” said Ross Pavies, who lives in the neighborhood where the two-car crash happened Wednesday night. “There’s tons of canals and waters. I think of all the waterways here, anything can happen.” In a hands-on demonstration, Cape Coral firefighters showed Gulf Coast News the tools and steps that can help save your life if your car starts to sink. Luis Medero, the Battalion chief of special operations, says if your car ends up in the water, you only have 30-60 seconds to get out, and the choices you make in those first moments can mean the difference between life and death.
