PANAMA CITY — A man abandoned his car and walked home after accidentally driving into St. Andrew Bay on Thursday night, according to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies found the green Ford Taurus almost entirely submerged Friday morning around 7:30. Only the roof was visible. It was removed from the water.
Deputies tracked down the owner, who said he was in the car at the boat ramp on the southwest side of the Hathaway Bridge around 10:30 p.m. Thursday. He told deputies he thought the car was in reverse when he stepped on the gas to leave, but it wasn’t.
It was in drive, and the owner, who was not identified in a BCSO press release, bailed out of the car when he realized he would not be able to stop the car before it entered the water. The owner was not hurt, and he walked home.