Off-duty officer’s car ends up in river

Police in Tacony are looking for a car in the Delaware River.

An off-duty police officer told authorities he drove the car into the river near Levick and Milnor streets under the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge. The officer reportedly said he ended up in the river after making a wrong turn, and then swam to shore.

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