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Lake Swallows Woman’s SUV
Daily Herald online ^ | November 28, 2005 | Ames Boykin

Posted on 11/28/2005 10:13:05 PM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace

It was a rainy day and a Monday that got one woman down.

Five hours after she reported to work at her job in Des Plaines, she discovered her black 2004 Land Rover missing from a parking lot.

That’s when she learned witnesses had reported seeing her vehicle sink to the bottom of the manmade lake outside the O’Hare Lake Office Plaza off I-294, about 15 minutes after she arrived to work in the rain.

Investigators believe another vehicle rear-ended the Land Rover, sending it down a slope into the lake, Police Chief James Prandini said.

Employees at the Federal Aviation Administration offices, which are in a different building in the O’Hare Lake complex on Devon Avenue, called authorities after seeing an SUV tipped up in the water with its lights on about 7:30 a.m., Des Plaines Fire Chief John Heavey said.

As 100 rescuers from 15 area fire departments worked to locate the submerged SUV in Peterson Lake, fire officials at about noon asked employees to move their cars to make way for a tow truck.

That’s when the unidentified woman realized her SUV was missing. The woman, who appeared shaken and upset, declined to comment.

By the time of her discovery, officials and divers had been working for about four hours. Divers initially couldn’t find a vehicle in the lake because wind kicked up dirt and created zero visibility underwater, Heavey said.

Using sonar equipment from Lake County authorities, officials at about 11:30 a.m. detected the shape of a car in the water not far from the east parking lot where the woman parked — and sent divers down about 1 p.m.

The Land Rover was found upside down 35 feet below the water. Two hours later, at 3 p.m., officials used a tow truck to drag it out of the water.

During the daylong mission, rescue boats circled the lake. Curious employees also circled the sidewalk around the lake.

Over the past decade, at least two cars have ended up in Peterson Lake, said Lori Flis, property manager for the office complex. No one was injured in the incidents, she said. The lake is about 60 feet at its deepest, officials said.


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: environmentalist; hatewhenthathappens; suv; whacko
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The limousine SUV-hating liberals are celebrating.......
1 posted on 11/28/2005 10:13:06 PM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace

More evidence of an unseen Special Forces PETA elimination squad...


2 posted on 11/28/2005 10:17:47 PM PST by DoughtyOne (MSM: Public support for war waining. 403/3 House vote against pullout vaporizes another lie.)
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3 posted on 11/28/2005 10:18:29 PM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace

I'm just surprized that the headline didn't attribute some irreversable damage to the lake, due to the SUV coming into contact with it. That is some sort of a record isn't it?


4 posted on 11/28/2005 10:22:32 PM PST by DoughtyOne (MSM: Public support for war waining. 403/3 House vote against pullout vaporizes another lie.)
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And that's why you always park with the tires turned toward the curb!
5 posted on 11/28/2005 10:24:12 PM PST by Prime Choice (Mechanical Engineers build weapons. Civil Engineers build targets.)
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
Some mighty poor editing here.

Divers initially couldn’t find a vehicle in the lake because wind kicked up dirt and created zero visibility underwater, Heavey said.

Those underwater winds can do that.

The Land Rover was found upside down 35 feet below the water.

My mistake. The car wasn't IN the water (despite what the earlier paragraph said) it was BELOW the water. That must have been where the wind was. Water must have a different density there. When I try to put a layer of air below the water, it bubbles out.

It isn't like she would have been able to drive the vehicle home if it hadn't gone in the water. It sounds like she left the lights on, and would have ended up with a dead battery anyway. I wonder if she remembered to turn off the engine and take it out of gear.

6 posted on 11/28/2005 10:24:12 PM PST by PAR35
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace

Burp?


7 posted on 11/28/2005 10:24:23 PM PST by MarkeyD (Cowards cut and run. Marines finish the job. I really, really loathe liberals.)
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace

So she left it in neutral, with the lights on?


8 posted on 11/28/2005 10:25:50 PM PST by de Buillion (The Fat Turd from MA is an Enemy, domestic.)
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace

Sounds like a SUVicide.....


9 posted on 11/28/2005 10:26:00 PM PST by Frank_2001
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To: DoughtyOne
This newspaper is published in the NW suburbs of Chicago by Paddock Publications, Inc. Thankfully, they are giving the Chicago Tribune a run for their money, in terms of circulation, etc. - thank goodness. Ever since the Trib got bought out, I believe, by the same company that owns the LA Slimes, it has gone down the liberal-MSM tubes.

Paddock Publications, Inc. Company Profile

Hoping to corral a corner of the publishing world, the late Hosea Paddock founded newspaper publisher Paddock Publications more than a century ago with three simple goals: "to fear God, tell the truth, and make money." He must have hit on something, because Paddock Publications is still standing and publishing the "Daily Herald" newspaper, which serves suburban Chicago with localized editions and a circulation of about 150,000. Paddock has expanded with the acquisition of "Reflejos", a bilingual newspaper serving Latinos in the suburbs of Chicago. The Paddock family owns the company.

10 posted on 11/28/2005 10:26:17 PM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace

See. The lakes are taking revenge for all that pollution these evil SUVs put out. It was long overdue.

:)


11 posted on 11/28/2005 10:26:19 PM PST by writer33 (Rush Limbaugh walks in the footsteps of giants: George Washington, Thomas Paine and Ronald Reagan.)
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace

Dude, where's my car?


12 posted on 11/28/2005 10:26:23 PM PST by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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To: Frank_2001

LOL!


13 posted on 11/28/2005 10:26:57 PM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace

That'll teach her to heed the reserved parking space sign next time......:o)


14 posted on 11/28/2005 10:29:10 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: MarkeyD

Glub, glub........


15 posted on 11/28/2005 10:29:13 PM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: de Buillion

It's quite possible. The story seems to leave room for that possibility.... ya think?!


16 posted on 11/28/2005 10:30:05 PM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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Okay, it's probably a little unfair to state that PETA doesn't approve of ANY SUVs.

17 posted on 11/28/2005 10:30:05 PM PST by DoughtyOne (MSM: Public support for war waining. 403/3 House vote against pullout vaporizes another lie.)
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
This doesn't make sense.

Look at the length of that incline.
That SUV had to have an Automatic Trans.

What size car\truck in a simple rear-ender is going to cause a Land Rover to jump out of Park and into Neutral, bypassing Reverse, then jump a curb ?
Nor is it going to roll that much that far with a simple fender bender.
and if she had the Emergency brake on, it's not even close.

Either she left the car running or someone purposely rammed\pushed her car into that pond, or both.
18 posted on 11/28/2005 10:31:12 PM PST by stylin19a
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace

Thanks for the nice workup on Paddock Publications Inc. A mom and pop that seem to have made it. Great.


19 posted on 11/28/2005 10:32:14 PM PST by DoughtyOne (MSM: Public support for war waining. 403/3 House vote against pullout vaporizes another lie.)
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The Herald is a nice read, but they still use too many AP stories\headlines.


20 posted on 11/28/2005 10:34:04 PM PST by stylin19a
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