Crews rescue woman on top of car in Rock River

The Rockford Fire Department rescued a woman who was sitting on top of a car in Rock River late Tuesday night.

Fire crews responded the Prairie Street Brewhouse dock around 11:45 p.m. after reports that a vehicle that drove into the river.

Crews and one diver were able to help the woman off the car into a rescue boat. There is no word yet on what may have caused the accident.

Rockford Fire says the woman was taken to a hospital as a precaution. The car was later removed from the river.