UPDATED Friday, 6:30 — A car has gone off Route 7 and into the Norwalk River.
The car was upside down in the water, with the driver stuck inside, when emergency personnel arrived.
The motorist was extricated at 6:25 and taken to Danbury Hospital a short time later.
A half dozen fire and police units were on the scene of the accident off the northbound lane of the highway, north of the Cain’s Hill/Topstone Road intersection.
While the driver was stuck in the car, he was able to call police using a cell phone.
The accident occurred around 5:55, and police had some trouble finding it because the car had gone down a 20-foot embankment, and was not visible from the highway.
Police needed two wreckers to remove the vehicle.
The fire department called in volunteers with a rescue truck to help with the extrication.
