DRACUT — On Thursday, June 11, 2026, at approximately 2:10 a.m., the Dracut police and fire departments responded to Lakeview Avenue near Primrose Hill Road following a report of a vehicle in the water.
According to a joint statement from Dracut Fire Chief Michael Cunha and Dracut Police Chief Peter Bartlett, when first responders arrived on scene, they located a Subaru partially submerged and resting on its wheels in Beaver Brook, which runs about 25 feet below the roadway in that area.
The driver and passenger were able to get out of the vehicle on their own, but needed help getting up the vertical walls around the brook. Dracut firefighters used ropes to assist both women out of the water and back up to the roadway.
The driver, a 24-year-old Lowell woman, and the passenger, a 24-year-old Newburyport woman, were treated at the scene for minor injuries before they were transported by Pridestar Trinity EMS to Lowell General Hospital.
Members of the Dracut Fire Department Swift Water Rescue Team put on personal protective equipment and entered the brook to check the vehicle and assist while Martineau’s Towing and RGA Towing worked to remove the car from the water.
The Dracut Department of Public Works also responded to the scene to help secure the area. First responders remained on scene until approximately 4:40 a.m.
Dracut police are still investigating the crash. No charges have been filed at this time.
