Updated with more accurate detail
First Responders were summoned about 1 a.m., after a passing tug boat crew helped pluck an Indiana man off the hood of his submerged vehicle near the Kentucky shore. When the tug's captain saw in his spotlight the man in distress, a small boat was sent over to rescue Christopher Noon, 55, of Evansville.
Noon was taken to the tug, which idled on the river until help arrived on shore.
The ferry, which stops operation at 10pm, was fired back up and equipment was taken from Cave In Rock to the Kentucky side to help recovery the automobile. Crittenden County Rescue Squad was also dispatched to the the scene at 2 a.m., to help recover the Toyota Camry, which was about 20 feet or more from the shore. Ferry owner Lonnie Lewis used a large track hoe to pull the car from the river.
The driver told authorities that he was unfamiliar with KY 91 North, a state highway which ends at the ferry landing.
