Man dumped Corvette into river during divorce flap
Posted: November 11, 2014 - 4:30am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Police say a man going through a divorce sent the red Corvette his wife drives plunging into a Philadelphia river, triggering a search for a possible victim inside.
Inspector Scott Small said officers were called to northeast Philadelphia just after 4 p.m. Monday about a car in the river, but a witness told them that a man had gotten out and let the vehicle run into the Delaware River.
Marine units were sent down to make sure no one was inside and the 1990 Corvette was later raised from 30 feet of water.
Small said investigators determined that a 50-year-old man had gone to his wife's residence and taken the car. He said the man hasn't been arrested but likely faces charges such as reckless endangerment -- and illegal dumping.