A car ended up off an embankment and partially in the Delaware River early Monday morning in Bristol Borough.
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Around 2:20 a.m., police and fire crews were called to the Lenox building at 1414 Radcliffe Street in Bristol Borough for a vehicle in the water.
Bristol Borough Fire Chief Herb Slack said crews responded and found the car partially submerged and off the embankment.
The vehicle was checked by police and firefighters, and no victims were found, according to Steve Reeves, chief of the Bristol Consolidated Fire Company.
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Boats from the America Hose, Hook, and Ladder Company and Croydon fire companies were put in the river and searched to make sure the driver was not in the water, Slack said.
The driver was not located at the scene.
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A tow truck was brought in to pull the car from the river and up the embankment.
Firefighters were on the scene until 3:20 a.m.
Borough police were investigating the crash and where the vehicle came from.
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The America Hose, Hook, and Ladder; Bristol; Bristol Consolidated; Croydon; and Newportville fire companies were at the scene.
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