A man has died at the hospital after police divers recovered him from a submerged car in the Potomac River.

D.C. Fire and EMS first posted about the rescue on X at around 12:22 a.m. Friday. The car was submerged along Rock Creek Parkway beneath the Arlington Memorial Bridge in the District.

The driver was pulled from the car underwater around 12:48 a.m. by two divers, one from a Metropolitan Police Department dive team and one from DCFEMS. 

At that time, the unnamed victim was in life-threatening condition, fire officials wrote on X. Authorities did not specify the nature of the man’s injuries.

The man was taken to a hospital where he died, U.S. Park Police told WTOP-FM.

There were no other victims found in the river, fire officials added in a subsequent post. Work continues to find out exactly how the car got into the river.

• Brad Matthews can be reached at bmatthews@washingtontimes.com.