Teen Jumps in River and Saves 3 Girls, Officer as Car Sinks Into Mississippi Waters

Pascagoula Mayor Billy Knight awards high school student Corion Evans (L) and Officer Gary Mercer (R) with Certificates of Commendation for rescuing three girls when their car plunged into the Pascagoula River in Mississippi and started to sink on July 3, 2022. Courtesy of the Moss Point Police Department

Corion Evans, a 16-year-old from Mississippi, has been hailed a hero after he jumped into a river over the weekend to assist a police officer in rescuing three people when a car plunged into the Pascagoula River and started to sink.

The Moss Point Police Department said in a news release that a car occupied by three teenage girls ran into the river in the southern U.S. state on July 3 at about 2:30 a.m. after the driver accidentally drove off the end of a boat launch.