Car Ends Up on Roof After 60-Foot Drop

Waterbury Firefighters rescued a woman after she drove off an embankment and became trapped in her car. 

According to Waterbury Police Deputy Chief Christopher Corbett, the elderly female was driving through the parking lot of a Rite Aid  at 1030 Wolcott Road.

The female drove off an embankment and crashed, her car landing on the roof. Firefighters were able to pull her out of the car. She was transported to the hospital with non-live threatening injuries.

Witnesses say that the car may have fell around 60 feet before coming to a rest.

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