Woman dead after car plunges into river

A woman is dead after her car veered into the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park this afternoon.

The incident happened just before 1 p.m. today, police spokeswoman Officer Jillian Russell said. Witnesses told police a woman driving a silver Volvo drove into the river off Kelly Drive. Marine unit divers fished the woman, who was 41, out of the water, but she was declared dead at the scene at 1:35 p.m., Russell said.

Investigators haven't determined whether she drove into the river accidentally or intentionally. They are withholding her name until her family is notified.