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Oct 12, 2009 7:57 pm US/Eastern

Elderly Couple Saved From Sinking Car

ESSEX (AP) ― Two policemen and an off-duty Peabody firefighter help rescue an elderly couple from their sinking car after they backed it into the Essex River.

Hyman Novak, 95, and his wife, Helen, 75, from Westwood, were inside the car. Officials say the couple backed the car into the river Saturday afternoon near Periwinkles Restaurant in Essex.

Police said officer James Romeos dove into the water. "As soon as I saw the car beginning to go under, I jumped off the rocks… I was able to get my arms around the female who was on her way up from the car."

Officer David Earle got into a nearby kayak. "There was an elderly gentleman who was already being rescued. I put him over the bow of the kayak."

Meanwhile, off-duty firefighter Steve Pelligrini headed to the car with the harbormaster's motorboat.

"If much more time had elapsed, we would have been talking about a much different scenario, which fortunately did not happen," said Essex Police Sgt. Paul Francis.

The car eventually went completely underwater.

Novak and his wife were treated at a local hospital and released.

WBZ's Bill Shields contributed to this report.

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