Corion Evans, a 16-year-old from Mississippi, has been hailed a hero after he jumped into a river over the weekend to assist a police officer in rescuing three people when a car plunged into the Pascagoula River and started to sink.
The Moss Point Police Department said in a news release that a car occupied by three teenage girls ran into the river in the southern U.S. state on July 3 at about 2:30 a.m. after the driver accidentally drove off the end of a boat launch.
“The driver of the vehicle stated she was following her GPS and did not realize she was going into the water,” said Brandon Ashley, the Moss Point police chief. “The vehicle floated approximately 20 feet and then began to sink.”…