Crews found visible activity on the frozen lake such as bike tracks and written messages. Teams were unable to recover the vehicle and will wait until the spring for the ice to melt.
INDIANAPOLIS – A car left stranded and stuck on top of a frozen river in Indiana Monday will now have to remain in a watery grave until spring after recovery efforts were unsuccessful.
The car was initially left on the ice before becoming half-submerged in the water, according to the Indianapolis Fire Department. It had been lodged in a hole within the ice when teams began to help.
Tactical teams carefully made their way across the frozen river before attempting to tow the car back onto shore.
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After failed efforts and the car now fully submerged underwater, the fire department declared they would have to return in the spring when the ice melts.
Rescue teams noted there were several signs people had been out on the frozen river, such as messages scrawled on the ice and bike tracks.
“We can’t stress this enough. In Indiana – no ice is safe ice,” read a statement from the Indianapolis Fire Department. “Stay off it.”