Woman Survives After SUV Falls 60 Feet, SInks To Bottom Of River

[matcom]

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PORTLAND, Ore. -- A woman was left amazed, but only slightly injured, after her sport utility vehicle fell 60 feet off a bridge and sank another 55 feet to the bottom of a river.

"You're in a car going off a bridge -- you think you're done," Melissa Borgaard told The Oregonian newspaper for Monday's editions.

She said she had been speaking on a hands-free cell phone while driving across a rain-slicked bridge in downtown Portland on Saturday when she lost control of her SUV. It smashed through the guardrail and plunged into the water.

Borgaard -- who said she doesn't remember everything -- apparently unbuckled her seat belt, crawled through the broken windshield, and kicked her way to the surface of the Willamette River.

As she floated on her back, she said she could hear cheers from a crowd that had gathered. She could also hear sirens because several people had called 911 on their cell phones.

Rescuers plucked Borgaard, 31, out of the river. The next day, she walked out of the hospital with minor cuts and bruises.

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[izzie]

1. Did she have anything hanging off the car mirror?

I am sure it will come out.