Firefighters rescue woman up a creek without a paddle

The Boston Fire Department reports an elderly woman this morning somehow drove into the creek that separates Prime Motors from the abandoned McDonald's off VFW Parkway in West Roxbury at the Dedham line.

When fire crews arrived around 11 a.m., the car was sitting in about two feet of water, the department says. The woman was extricated and taken to a local hospital with back and neck injuries. A hazmat crew was summoned to ensure no gasoline or oil got into the creek, which feeds into the Charles River, the department adds.