A man is lucky to be alive after his car plunged into a slough west of Humboldt late Thursday night.

The Humboldt Fire Department repsonded to the scene on Highway 5 at 12:20 Friday morning about ten kilometres west of the city.

The man was able to escape his vehicle and swim to shore, his vehicle was still submerged in the water on the south side of the road as of 11am Friday.

The man reportedly fell asleep, he wasn't injured.