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Updated: Wednesday, 30 Jan 2013, 10:40 PM EST
Published : Wednesday, 30 Jan 2013, 5:42 PM EST

George Richert
Posted by: Eli George

STOCKTON, N.Y. (WIVB) - Water rescue crews were called to South Cassadaga Road near Stockton to rescue a trapped elderly couple in a submerged vehicle.

Chautauqua County Sheriff's deputies say 83-year-old John Vanscoter's car stalled out while he was trying to cross the flooded roadway. Vanscoter had ignored barricades and signs and drove into three-feet of water with his 82-year-old wife inside the vehicle with him.

Firefighters rescued Vanscoter and his wife Constance as the rising waters began to pull the car in the quick-moving current. Vanscoter owns the former Cockaigne Ski Resort in Cherry Creek, which has been closed since a fire gutted the ski lodge two years ago this week.

Both Vanscoter and his wife were rushed to Brooks Hospital in Dunkirk with non-life threatening injuries. Deputies have charged him with failing to obey a traffic control device.

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