Search underway after third car in a month plunges into the Schuylkill off Kelly Drive

Search crews pulled a car out of the Schuylkill on Tuesday morning after it plunged into the water off Kelly Drive. It’s at least the third time a car has gone into the water from Kelly Drive in a month.

Shortly before 2:40 a.m., police responded to a report of a person in the river at Kelly and Brewery Hill Drives, authorities said. Police were told a white SUV had gone into the Schuylkill.

It was unclear if anyone was in the car when it went into the water, but crews were still scouring the river Tuesday morning. A white Honda SUV was located shortly before 8:45 a.m., but nobody was inside, said Sgt. Eric Gripp, spokesperson for the Philadelphia Police Department.

The Jeep is at least the third car in a month that went into Schuylkill after veering off Kelly Drive.

Last month, the driver of a four-door sedan turned away from Kelly Drive, plunging the car into the Schuylkill, police said. The car went into the river around 3:45 a.m. near the Girard Avenue Bridge, and rescue crews located the vehicle hours later, police said.

Later in the month, a Range Rover went into the Schuylkill near the Strawberry Mansion Bridge after the car was accidentally shifted into gear, police said. The couple inside the car were able to get out of the vehicle and swim to safety.