Pennsylvania lifeguards rescued a woman from her sinking car after it crashed into the icy waters of a local pond.
Manheim Township Police shared the brave rescue from two perspectives. One shows the action from the shore and the other shows the officer who jumped into the frozen pond.
On Thursday at 8 pm, Manheim Township emergency services were dispatched to the intersection of Oregon Pike and Valleybrook Road to receive a report of a car that had entered a pond.
Two Manheim Township officers are credited with rescuing a woman from a drowning car.
(Manheim Township Police Department)
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When officers arrived at the scene, they saw a car submerged in water with a woman trapped inside who was up to her neck in water.
Officers Kyle Carner and Anthony DiClemente jumped into the water and broke the driver’s window just as the vehicle was fully submerged.
Body camera footage shows the officers braving the temperature of the freezing water and opening the door, pulling the woman out of danger.
Once she was removed from the car, the officers dragged her to the edge of the pond where she was treated by EMS.
According to Manheim Township Police, Thursday night at 8:00 p.m., officers were dispatched to the intersection of Oregon Pike and Valleybrook Road by a car that crashed into a pond.
(Manheim Township Police Department)
Officers Kyle Carner and Anthony DiClemente found the woman inside the car up to her neck in water and immediately jumped into the water.
(Manheim Township Police Department)
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The 59-year-old driver from Lancaster was taken to a local hospital where she received treatment for minor injuries.
An investigation determined that the driver had misjudged a turn, causing her to drive into the pond.
“The officers jumped into the water without hesitation. The quick response and quick action by these officers undoubtedly saved the life of the driver,” Chief Thomas Rudzinski said in a news release.
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