Robert Allen

Detroit Free Press

A driver was rescued after a car fell into Lake St. Clair this morning at Grosse Pointe Shores, according to the city's Department of Public Safety.

The driver was rescued and transported from the scene by ambulance after the car went into the water at about 7:30 a.m. near Lake Shore Road and Webber, according to a spokesperson with the department. The incident is under investigation as officials wait to speak with the driver.

Roads were snowy across metro Detroit, with temperatures in the low- to mid-20s.

This morning's incident occurred near -- if not in the same spot -- as a similar one in late February, when a 16-year-old drove his mother's Ford Flex into the lake, in what was apparently an accident. The U.S. Coast Guard rescued him from the roof of the vehicle.

Teen survives SUV's harrowing plunge into Lake St. Clair

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