Teen driver describes how she escaped from car that crashed in flooded creek – WAPT Jackson

A 16-year-old girl said she fought her way out of her car after it hydroplaned and landed in a flooded creek.It was terrifying, honestly, Anna Wimberley said. I saw it happening and I couldnt control it, so I couldnt figure out how it was going to turn out.The crash happened Friday afternoon on Highway 25 at Highway 471 in Rankin County. Wimberley said she lost control of her Honda Accord and it drifted over into the grass, off the road and into the water. As soon as I hit that water I realized that my car was going down fast, Wimberley said. I tried to break the passenger window, because at that time, I had already crawled over to the passenger side. I ripped my key out of the ignition and tried to break the window. It didnt work.Wimberley said all she could see was water filling up the front of the car.I wasnt going down with my car, Wimberly said. I threw my bag across my back and climbed into the back seat and started pushing on the door. It wouldnt open so, from there, I started kicking with my feet, holding the handle. When it started to budge, I crawled out.Wimberley said a passerby stopped and comforted her. He also gave her some towels and waited until Wimberleys family arrived.It was a miracle. She called me from the phone that was just underwater, said Annas father, Lon Wimberley. She was so full of emotion. She was terrified. She was crying. I could hear the terror in her voice. All she could say was, I wrecked the car. I wrecked the car.Lon Wimberley said his daughters car slammed into a retaining wall at the ditch, but her head didnt hit the wall.It was a miracle that she got out of the car, he said. Just a series of miracles, from beginning of this accident until now.The teenager, who is 5 feet, 2 inches tall and 110 pounds, has been a fighter for most of her life, her father said. She survived a heart attack when she was just 13.She doesnt quit. She doesnt give up. Shes always fought for what she wanted. She wanted to live, Lon Wimberley said.First responders told the Wimberley family that people dont usually survive these types of crashes. The car, which was submerged in 30 feet of water, was pulled from the waterway Monday.

A 16-year-old girl said she fought her way out of her car after it hydroplaned and landed in a flooded creek.

It was terrifying, honestly, Anna Wimberley said. I saw it happening and I couldnt control it, so I couldnt figure out how it was going to turn out.

The crash happened Friday afternoon on Highway 25 at Highway 471 in Rankin County. Wimberley said she lost control of her Honda Accord and it drifted over into the grass, off the road and into the water.

As soon as I hit that water I realized that my car was going down fast, Wimberley said. I tried to break the passenger window, because at that time, I had already crawled over to the passenger side. I ripped my key out of the ignition and tried to break the window. It didnt work.

Wimberley said all she could see was water filling up the front of the car.

I wasnt going down with my car, Wimberly said. I threw my bag across my back and climbed into the back seat and started pushing on the door. It wouldnt open so, from there, I started kicking with my feet, holding the handle. When it started to budge, I crawled out.

Wimberley said a passerby stopped and comforted her. He also gave her some towels and waited until Wimberleys family arrived.

It was a miracle. She called me from the phone that was just underwater, said Annas father, Lon Wimberley. She was so full of emotion. She was terrified. She was crying. I could hear the terror in her voice. All she could say was, I wrecked the car. I wrecked the car.

Lon Wimberley said his daughters car slammed into a retaining wall at the ditch, but her head didnt hit the wall.

It was a miracle that she got out of the car, he said. Just a series of miracles, from beginning of this accident until now.

The teenager, who is 5 feet, 2 inches tall and 110 pounds, has been a fighter for most of her life, her father said. She survived a heart attack when she was just 13.

She doesnt quit. She doesnt give up. Shes always fought for what she wanted. She wanted to live, Lon Wimberley said.

First responders told the Wimberley family that people dont usually survive these types of crashes. The car, which was submerged in 30 feet of water, was pulled from the waterway Monday.

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Teen driver describes how she escaped from car that crashed in flooded creek - WAPT Jackson