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City Councilman: ‘Ball of sparks’ as car careens off Dames Point Bridge Jacksonville City Council Al Ferraro called 911 after witnessing crash Published:  Updated:  Tags:  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – He described it as a “ball of sparks.” A Jacksonville City Council member is among the witnesses to a crash over the weekend on the Dames Point Bridge that sent a car careening off the bridge. It ended in a dramatic rescue with firefighters pulling the car’s driver to safety from the St. Jo...

Hypothermia, rising tide among dangers as firefighters rescue man from St. Johns River Driver’s car careened off Dames Point Bridge Saturday night Published:  Updated:  Tags:  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville firefighters saved a 27-year-old man in a dramatic rescue Saturday evening in the St. Johns River, hoisting him out of the water after his car fell over the Dames Point Bridge. Photos from the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department show a captain harnessing the man and as crews on...