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WASHINGTON — A man was injured Friday morning after his car went off the road on Rock Creek Parkway down an embankment and into Rock Creek.

The incident occurred around 9 a.m. in the southbound lanes on Rock Creek Parkway near P Street Northwest, said Vito Maggiolo, a D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman.

D.C. Fire and EMS set up a rope hauling system to get the man out of the embankment. The man was taken to the hospital as a precaution but he is expected to survive.

No one else was injured.

Rock Creek Parkway was closed in both directions near P Street since the incident. As of 11:30 a.m., northbound lanes are being diverted to Virginia Avenue Northwest and southbound lanes have been reopened.

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Courtesy DC Fire and EMS

Update Rock Creek Parkway at P St NW. have accessed the patient and are securing the vehicle.

— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems)

Update Rock Creek Parkway. Victim out of vehicle and being packaged along Creek bank. are setting up a rope hauling system to safely get patient up embankment.

— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems)

Courtesy DC Fire and EMS

Vehicle down embankment into Rock Creek under P St NW. arriving on scene. 1 injured person inside.

— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems)

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²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’s Mike Jakaitis contributed to this report.