By Holly Menino

ALBANY, Ore. -- A Corvallis man is alive thanks to some quick work by the Albany Fire Department.

The man drove his car onto a water logged roadway and the vehicle became submerged.

The initial call came in as a motor vehicle accident, but when crews arrived it turned into a water rescue.

At 4:30 p.m. Thursday, the fire department was called out to Bryant Way near Bryant Park.

A car was completely submerged in a field filled with high water.

The only part of the car visible was two to four inches of its roof.

Rescue crews took a jet ski to the vehicle.

Once there, they were able to get on top of the car, break out the windows of the driver's side, and pull 87-year-old Leslie Hooe out.

"Probably the most submerged car I've had a chance to deal with or had to deal with. I really didn't expect anything or anybody to be inside or in this case be able to affect a rescue," said Lt. Jamie Smith.

Hooe was the only person in the car.

Crews say he was likely able to stay alive by breathing air from a two inch air bubble.

Hooe is in good condition at Albany General Hospital.

The Linn County Sheriff's Office says Hooe suffers from dementia and likely got confused while driving.

This is the seventh water-related incident that the Albany Fire Department has responded to in the past week.