Yellowstone pulls fully submerged vehicle from thermal feature in the park
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A sports utility vehicle is pulled from the inactive Semi-Centennial Geyser in the Wyoming area of Yellowstone National Park on Friday. The passengers were able to get out of the acidic, 105 degree water on their own and were taken to the hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries after the crash Thursday morning.
Officials at Yellowstone National Park on Friday pulled a car from the Semi-Centennial Geyser near Roaring Mountain after the driver with four passengers inadvertently drove into the thermal feature.
Yellowstone National Park rangers temporarily closed both lanes of the roadway on Friday near the accident in order to safely lift the car from the Semi-Centennial Geyser, where it had been fully submerged in 9 feet of water.
A driver with four passengers inadvertently drove into the Semi-Centennial Geyser near Roaring Mountain in Yellowstone National Park on Thursday. Crews removed the car on Friday. No one was seriously injured in the accident.
A driver with four passengers inadvertently drove into the Semi-Centennial Geyser near Roaring Mountain in Yellowstone National Park on Thursday. Crews removed the car on Friday. No one was seriously injured in the accident.
A sports utility vehicle is pulled from the inactive Semi-Centennial Geyser in the Wyoming area of Yellowstone National Park on Friday. The passengers were able to get out of the acidic, 105 degree water on their own and were taken to the hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries after the crash Thursday morning.
Yellowstone National Park rangers temporarily closed both lanes of the roadway on Friday near the accident in order to safely lift the car from the Semi-Centennial Geyser, where it had been fully submerged in 9 feet of water.
