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Crews rescue man after car crashes into retention pond in Winter Garden

WINTER GARDEN, Fla. — Teams had to pull a car out of a Winter Garden retention pond overnight.

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The car went into the water along Tilden Road off the 429, on Monday at around 11 p.m.

Photos: Crews rescue man after car crashes into retention pond in Winter Garden

It was so dark in the area that crews had trouble finding the car in the water.

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Search crews said there was one man in the car, and he was not hurt.

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There is no word on how he ended up in the pond in the first place.

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