OCONTO, Wis. (WFRV) - Witnesses rescued the driver of an SUV on Friday evening after the vehicle went into the Oconto River.

According to the Oconto Fire Rescue Department, dispatch got word of a vehicle in the Oconto River near McDonald Street and Smith Avenue around 4:50 p.m. on October 24.

At the time of the call, it was reported that three people were in the water with another potentially trapped in the SUV.

Crews arrived to find the SUV near the bridge at Smith Avenue, and three people were getting out of the water. First responders immediately began searching for anyone else who may have still been in the vehicle.

It was later clarified that the two people who were in the water were witnesses, and the other person was the driver and sole occupant of the SUV.

The cause of the acc

See Full Page