AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two vehicles were found submerged in Lady Bird Lake, and the Austin Police Department said the discovery was made during “underwater scuba diving.”
Around 2:05 p.m., Feb. 2, 911 dispatch received a call about a submerged vehicle in Lady Bird Lake, according to police.
Then, the next day, police got another complaint from the same person saying a second vehicle was found around the same area at the lake, APD said.
Police said the vehicles, a Hyundai Elantra and Kia Optima, were both reported stolen.
By Wednesday, APD said a tow truck was able to extract one of the vehicles and the other will “be extracted at a later date.”
According to police, there was no indication that any people were in the vehicles at the time the cars sunk into the lake.