WFTV: Deonte Miller Saves Friend Trapped In Submerged Car In Melbourne

By  //  February 12, 2017

Car crashed off Lake Washington Road

ABOVE VIDEO: A man is alive Sunday evening thanks to his best friend. (WFTV video)

BREVARD COUTNY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA (WFTV) – A man is alive Sunday evening thanks to his best friend.

Deonte Miller told Eyewitness News that the two were driving along Lake Washington Road near McGraw Avenue in Melbourne when their vehicle hit a patch of sand.

The car skidded down a mound and flipped into the pond, troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Miller, who was the passenger in the car, was able to free himself, but he said his best friend was trapped. Miller said he knew he had to save him.

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