Despite a man driving his car off a boat ramp on Thursday, there is currently no active investigation into the incident by the New Bern Police Department.
According to Colleen Roberts, public information officer for the city of New Bern, a man went off a boat ramp at Union Point Park in New Bern on Thursday. New Bern Fire and Rescue responded to the scene after receiving reports of a car in the Neuse River with a person inside.
Roberts said a police officer and a firefighter, Lt. Jason Williams with the police department and Capt. Justin Sawyer with fire and rescue, were able to safely remove the man from the car.
“We’re not sure what caused the car to end up in the water,” Roberts said.
The man was taken to CarolinaEast after his rescue, and no medical issues have since been reported, including no reports of intoxication, substance abuse or mental health crises.
Roberts said she has no knowledge of whether the event was a suicide attempt or medical emergency, nor any information about the state the individual was in when he was being rescued or whether he was cooperative with officers.
According to Roberts, the only thing to be officially filed concerning the incident so far by a city department is a crash report containing time and location data, driver and vehicle specifics, contributing circumstances and the responding officer’s official crash narrative.
Roberts said there are currently no plans to release the name of the occupant of the car going forward. She did not state a reason why.
No further special investigation has been requested by the police department to look into the incident.