US ‘hero’ teen saves three girls and police officer after car plunges into river

Corion Evans, 16, from Mississippi, hailed for bravery and selflessness' after diving in when car fell off end of boat launch

A teenager in Mississippi has been praised as a hero for saving the lives of three girls - and a responding police officer - after a car plunged into a river near Pascagoula in the southern US state.

Corion Evans, 16, told local TV station WLOX that he saw the car with three teenage girls inside enter the river after it accidentally drove off the end of a boat launch.