Police investigate after driver sinks vehicle into southeast Calgary lake, flees scene

Police say they areinvestigating why an empty vehicle ended up in Auburn Bay Lake early Saturday morning.

The Calgary Police Service initially responded to a call at 3:45 a.m., where they found a vehicle that had crashed through a fence and gone into the southeast Calgary lake.

Footprints were leading away from the place where the vehicle left the ground.The Calgary Fire Department determined the vehicle was empty.

The vehicle was successfully removed from the lake around 12:45 p.m.

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