Myrtle Beach officers, firefighter save man with prosthetic leg from sinking car in pond

645 IT’S TIME FOR NEWS TO GO. WE HAVE A LOOK AT TODAY’S TOP NEWS STORIES, TRAFFIC AND WEATHER ALL BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. WE START WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID 19. HE’S BACK AT HIS HOME IN DELAWARE THIS MORNING, BUT BIDEN WASN’T WEARING A MASK AS HE EXITED THE PLANE. HE DID PUT ONE ON ONCE. HE WAS IN HIS VEHICLE. THE PRESIDENT WILL SELF-ISOLATE WHILE IN DELAWARE AND CONTINUE TO CARRY OUT HIS FULL DUTIES, AND HIS DOCTOR CONFIRMS HIS SYMPTOMS ARE MILD. HE’S ALSO NOT SHOWN SIGNS OF A FEVER. SOUTH CAROLINA REPRESENTATIVE NANCY MACE WAS ASKED ABOUT THE PRESIDENT’S DIAGNOSIS AND HIS CAMPAIGN WHILE AT THE RNC LAST NIGHT. HE’S GOT COVID. I WISH HIM A SWIFT RECOVERY. IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO THE DEMOCRATS PUT ON THE TICKET, DONALD TRUMP’S GOING TO WIN IN NOVEMBER, PRESIDENT BIDEN’S ANNOUNCEMENT CAME JUST MOMENTS BEFORE HE WAS SCHEDULED TO ADDRESS A MAJOR LATINO VOTER EVENT IN LAS VEGAS LAST NIGHT. I STAND HERE HUMBLED AND I’M OVERWHELMED WITH GRATITUDE TO SAY I OFFICIALLY ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION TO BE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. JD VANCE IS OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED. THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR VICE PRESIDENT. HIS ADDRESS LAST NIGHT AT THE RNC WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR VANCE TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO VOTERS, AND HE SHARED HIS BACKGROUND GROWING UP IN POVERTY, SERVING AS A MARINE AND THEN AS AN OHIO SENATOR IN HIS SPEECH, VANCE MADE A FORCEFUL CASE FOR THE AMERICA FIRST APPROACH TRUMP CHAMPIONED WHILE IN OFFICE. VANCE ALSO BRANDED BIDEN AS A CAREER POLITICIAN WHO’S BEEN ON THE, QUOTE, WRONG SIDE OF TRADE DEALS AND THE IRAQ WAR. ANDERSON COUNTY VOTERS WILL SOON DECIDE ON A 1% TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX TO IMPROVE ROADS AND BRIDGES, BUT THERE’S ONE LAST ADJUSTMENT THE COUNTY WILL BE MAKING BEFORE IT GOES ON THE BALLOT. THE COUNTY IS LOOKING TO REMOVE UNPREPARED GROCERIES, SUCH AS PRODUCE, FROM THIS POTENTIAL TAX. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RUSTY BURNS SAYS IF IT’S PASSED IN NOVEMBER, IT COULD BRING AROUND $35 MILLION A YEAR TO FIX THE ROADS. THE REFERENDUM COULD ADD 1% TO ALL PURCHASES IN ANDERSON COUNTY, INCLUDING GAS AND MEDICINE, BUT NOT PRODUCE OR SIMILAR ITEMS, BYRNE SAYS THE COUNTY OWNS MORE THAN 1500 MILES OF ROAD. HE SAYS THEY CONTRACTED WITH AN OUTSIDE FIRM TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONES NEEDED TO BE WORKED ON. THE MOST, SO WE WOULD FOLLOW THAT PLAN, WHICH IS ALREADY IN PLACE, WHICH WOULD BE A NONPOLITICAL SITUATION, NOT SOMEBODY SAYING, I NEED YOU TO GO PAVE MY COUSIN’S ROAD. A FINANCIAL PLANNER WE SPOKE WITH SAYS THE AVERAGE IMPACT ON A FAMILY IN ANDERSON COUNTY WOULD BE ABOUT. $522 EXTRA PER YEAR IF THIS IS APPROVED AS YOUR PRIME DAY PACKAGES, START MAKING IT TO YOUR DOORSTEP. LOCAL AUTHORITIES URGE YOU TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR PORCH PIRATES. OUR ISABEL MARC IS LIVE AT AN AMAZON FULFILLMENT CENTER THIS MORNING WITH TIPS ON HOW TO KEEP THOSE PACKAGES SAFE. ISABEL. ERIN, GOOD MORNING WITH ALL THESE PACKAGES HITTING PORCHES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, OFFICIALS ARE WARNING YOU ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THEFT. A SPOKESPERSON FROM THE ANDERSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THESE THIEVES CAN BE PRETTY BOLD. SHE SAYS THEY TYPICALLY PLAN AHEAD OF TIME, BUT HAVING A FRONT DOOR CAMERA OF ANY KIND WOULD HELP. CAMERAS CAN HELP CUSTOMERS TRACK DOWN THEIR PORCH PIRATES, AND LET AMAZON KNOW IF YOU NEVER RECEIVED YOUR PRODUCT, SHE SAYS. YOU COULD ALSO INSTRUCT YOUR DELIVERY DRIVER TO PUT PACKAGES IN CERTAIN PLACES. THIS COULD BE A GARAGE SIDE DOOR. IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS ON YOUR HOUSE. YOU COULD ALSO SET UP NOTIFICATIONS THROUGH AMAZON SO THAT YOU GET ALERTED WHEN YOUR PACKAGE IS DELIVERED LIVE IN SPARTANBURG. ISABEL MAREK WYFF NEWS FOUR. HEY, THANKS SO MUCH, ISABEL. HEY, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. IT IS LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR IMPACT DAY STRONGER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ON THE WAY TODAY. YOU’D HARDLY KNOW IT BY LOOKING OUTSIDE AS WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK OVER PARIS MOUNTAINS. THINGS ARE CALM AND QUIET AND DRY AS WE TAKE YOU UP A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INTO HENDERSONVILLE. WE’VE GOT SOME OF THOSE CLOUDS BEGINNING TO MOVE IN AND EVEN SOME PATCHY FOG AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS, 68 DEGREES IN HENDERSONVILLE, RIGHT NOW. 71 IN GREENWOOD, 72 IN HARTWELL. AS WE TAKE A LOOK OUTSIDE, WE ARE DRY. SOME OF THOSE CLOUDS, THOUGH, BEGINNING TO KIND OF FUNNEL IN NOW FROM THE LEADING EDGE OF A COLD FRONT THAT’S STILL WELL OFF TO THE NORTH. THAT COLD FRONT DOES BEGIN TO COME THROUGH TODAY, BUT IT STALLS OUT AND ENHANCES RAIN CHANCES OVER THE WEEKEND. NONETHELESS, A FEW OF THOSE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON, AND A FEW OF THOSE COULD LINGER INTO TONIGHT. NINE 10:00 FOR THE UPSTATE. SAME THING FOR THE MOUNTAINS, EXCEPT FOR THE MOUNTAINS. WE’LL GET AN EARLIER START, SAY 11 12:00. YOU MIGHT SEE SOME OF THOSE STRAY SHOWERS MOVING IN ON TOP OF THOSE CLOUDS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE. 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Two Myrtle Beach officers and a firefighter were able to rescue a man whose prosthetic leg got caught under a pedal after he drove into a retention pond. The Myrtle Beach Police Department said it got multiple calls around 7:30 a.m. Saturday about a vehicle that had left the road and driven into a retention pond. The Myrtle Beach Police and Fire Departments responded to the call near Center South and South Kings Highway. They said the driver of the vehicle was unable to exit because his prosthetic leg was stuck under the pedals. Myrtle Beach Police Department Beach Patrol Officers Pfc. Lively and Pfc. Loizzi, with assistance from Myrtle Beach Fire Department’s Firefighter Wyatt Lloyd, formed a plan and went into the water, the police department said. They said the vehicle began to sink rapidly, but the first responders were able to free the man and pull him through the window before the vehicle sank entirely. “We want to thank Myrtle Beach Police Officers PFC. Daniele Loizzi and PFC. John Lively, as well as Myrtle Beach Fire Fighter Wyatt Lloyd for their actions to help save this trapped motorist,” a Facebook post from the police department said. “Their actions may have very well saved the driver’s life. Thank you to all the first responders who assisted with this call and allowed everyone to return home safely.”

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. —

Two Myrtle Beach officers and a firefighter were able to rescue a man whose prosthetic leg got caught under a pedal after he drove into a retention pond.

The Myrtle Beach Police Department said it got multiple calls around 7:30 a.m. Saturday about a vehicle that had left the road and driven into a retention pond.

The Myrtle Beach Police and Fire Departments responded to the call near Center South and South Kings Highway.

Hannah Ruth, Myrtle Beach Police, Myrtle Beach Fire

They said the driver of the vehicle was unable to exit because his prosthetic leg was stuck under the pedals.

Myrtle Beach Police Department Beach Patrol Officers Pfc. Lively and Pfc. Loizzi, with assistance from Myrtle Beach Fire Department‘s Firefighter Wyatt Lloyd, formed a plan and went into the water, the police department said.

They said the vehicle began to sink rapidly, but the first responders were able to free the man and pull him through the window before the vehicle sank entirely.

“We want to thank Myrtle Beach Police Officers PFC. Daniele Loizzi and PFC. John Lively, as well as Myrtle Beach Fire Fighter Wyatt Lloyd for their actions to help save this trapped motorist,” a Facebook post from the police department said. “Their actions may have very well saved the driver’s life. Thank you to all the first responders who assisted with this call and allowed everyone to return home safely.”

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