Car winds up in water near Port Jefferson ferry dock, police say

The top of a submerged car is visible at the scene where a Stony Brook woman drove her car onto a boat ramp and into the water near the Port Jefferson ferry dock early Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. A police spokeswoman said it appears the woman hit her gas pedal instead of the brake. Credit: Stringer News Service
A woman was not injured early Monday when she drove her car onto a boat ramp and into the water near the Port Jefferson ferry dock, Suffolk County police said.
The woman, 48, of Stony Brook, was alone in her Toyota Corolla at about 1:30 a.m. when she drove onto the boat ramp at Route 25A and Barnum Avenue.
A police spokeswoman said it appears the woman hit her gas pedal instead of the brake.
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