Two occupants of a Nissan sedan were rescued by firefighters after the driver became confused and drove into a stream at the Courtland Commons Park, 400 East Courtland Street, in Mundelein Sunday afternoon. | Photo: Woo-Sung Shim / Lake and McHenry County Scanner

Police say a driver became confused during heavy rainfall and mistook a walking path for a roadway before driving into a drainage culvert, requiring firefighters to rescue two people in Mundelein last weekend.

The Mundelein Police Department and Mundelein Fire Department responded around 12:57 p.m. Sunday to the area of the Courtland Commons Park, 400 East Courtland Street in Mundelein, for a report of a car in the water.

Two occupants of a Nissan sedan were rescued by firefighters after they became trapped in a stream and drainage culvert at the Courtland Commons Park, 400 East Courtland Street, in Mundelein Sunday afternoon. | Photo: Craig / Captured News

Emergency responders arrived to find a Nissan Altima sedan that was in a drainage culvert along a stream of water underneath a pedestrian overpass near East Courtland Street and Midland Avenue.

Firefighters successfully rescued the two occupants in the Nissan, Mundelein Battalion Fire Chief James Ketcham said.

Two occupants of a Nissan sedan were rescued by firefighters after they became trapped in a stream and drainage culvert at the Courtland Commons Park, 400 East Courtland Street, in Mundelein Sunday afternoon. | Photo: Craig / Captured News

Two ambulances responded to the scene.

Neither of the occupants required transport to the hospital.

The Mundelein Fire Department responds after two occupants in a Nissan sedan were trapped in a stream and drainage culvert at the Courtland Commons Park, 400 East Courtland Street, in Mundelein Sunday afternoon. | Photo: Eli Gross

One firefighter was taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure, Ketcham added.

[Suggested Article]  No injuries after police squad responding to call crashes into car, causing rollover crash in Woodstock

No other injuries were reported.

The incident initially generated a large fire/rescue response involving divers, but most of the response was cancelled after the pair was rescued.

The Mundelein Fire Department responds after two occupants in a Nissan sedan were trapped in a stream and drainage culvert at the Courtland Commons Park, 400 East Courtland Street, in Mundelein Sunday afternoon. | Photo: Woo-Sung Shim / Lake and McHenry County Scanner

Mundelein Police Chief Thomas Poynor said Friday that the investigation showed the driver became confused while driving in the heavy downpour.

They mistook a walking path for a road when attempting to exit the Mundelein Shopping Center parking lot.

The vehicle drove off the pathway and into the stream where it was stuck in the drainage culvert, Poynor said. There were no citations issued to the driver.

Firefighter/medics walk down the path to where a Nissan sedan became partially submerged in a stream and drainage culvert at the Courtland Commons Park, 400 East Courtland Street, in Mundelein Sunday afternoon. | Photo: Woo-Sung Shim / Lake and McHenry County Scanner

There was heavy rainfall and minor flash flooding for parts of the county at the time.

A heavy wrecker from Ernie’s Wrecker Service responded and removed the Nissan from the water by lifting it out with a crane boom before it was towed from the scene.

[Suggested Article]  Child flown to hospital with serious injuries after crash with car while riding bicycle in Crystal Lake
A heavy wrecker from Ernie’s Wrecker Service removes a Nissan sedan that was partially submerged in a stream and drainage culvert at the Courtland Commons Park, 400 East Courtland Street, in Mundelein Sunday afternoon. | Photo: Craig / Captured News

Part of the walking path at the park was closed off while crews were tending to the scene.

The Mundelein Police Department is investigating the cause of the crash.