Police in the US have released body camera footage showing the rescue of a woman from a sinking car in a lake which is home to alligators.
The woman’s car crashed into the lake at speed after she fell asleep at the wheel in Sugar Land, Texas on Saturday.
Police were called by witnesses at 6.30am and responded within minutes.
Sugar Land is Safer Than Ever Before, and We’re Incredibly ProudThe quick actions of several police officers Saturday morning were captured on body cameras as they saved the life of a woman whose car was sinking fast in a local lake. Witnesses called 911 just before 6:30 a.m. and said a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed jumped a curb near the intersection of Meadowcroft Boulevard and Westcott Avenue, accelerated off an embankment and ended up several hundred feet offshore. Patrol units arrived within minutes, and three police officers immediately jumped into the lake known to include alligators and snakes, smashed a window and pulled the woman to safety. The vehicle sank below the surface shortly after the woman was removed. She later told an officer she fell asleep before losing control of her vehicle. The driver was uninjured and very lucky; however, one of our officers was treated for minor cuts.
Posted by Sugar Land Police Department on Monday, May 7, 2018
Footage shows them smashing a window and pulling the woman to shore. The car sank shortly after.
Luckily for the woman involved, she was uninjured. One of the officers involved sustained minor injuries.
