PRINCETON, N.J. - During Ida’s wrath, dramatic body camera video of water rescues from the height of the storm is released by the Princeton Police Department, in the hope motorists will abide by all road barricades and not drive purposely onto roadways covered by water.The Princeton Police Department said they received nearly 400 calls between 10 p.m.
September 1 and 8 a.m. September 2, during the height of Ida’s intense deluge of rain. According to the police department, many of the calls were in regard to motorists trapped in their vehicles, stranded motorists, flooded roadways and residents trapped in their homes.Princeton police report drivers went around barricades more than once, driving into flooded roads.