Duo Escapes Rollover Into Lake

    Two people were transported from a Thursday morning crash northwest of Umatilla. The incident, reported around 9:30 a.m. on August 26, occurred on Peru Road just east of the Keene Road intersection.
    The couple was westbound on Peru Road when the SUV they were in went off the road’s south shoulder. The vehicle struck a small palm tree and overturned, coming to rest upside down in the lake’s edge.
    The vehicle’s cabin didn’t totally submerge in the crash, but was partially underwater.
    Witnesses at the scene reported a passerby stopped and broke out the windows of the SUV so the couple could work their way out.
    The couple, which were not identified by Florida Highway Patrol responders, were transported via ambulance from the scene.