ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Md. — An incredible rescue was caught on camera after an SUV crashed into a pond in Severn earlier this month.
On Friday, April 1, just after 9:15 p.m. Anne Arundel County police were on patrol in the area of Severn-Danza Park when they heard what sounded like a serious crash. The officers immediately responded to the pond in a park and found the SUV half-submerged in water.
Officers found that the SUV had lost control on Donaldson Avenue in Severn, Maryland, and went off the road and crashed through the trees and a fence before becoming half-submerged in a drainage pond in the park.
The SUV was taking on water and everyone inside was trapped. The four people inside, including a 9-month-old and a 3-year-old, had to be rescued.
Two officers, without hesitation, leaped into action, rescuing the four occupants still trapped inside the SUV, police said in a release.
Body camera video shows officers had to smash the window with a hammer yelling at the to the people inside the vehicle to "cover your eyes!" as the hammer smashes open the passenger-side window.
Anne Arundel County officers were able to carry both children to the edge of the drainage pond first and get them the attention they needed.
Officers then returned to the SUV and rescued the adults from the water.
According to a press release from the Anne Arundel Police Department, the people who were trapped in the car were fine "aside from being cold and wet."
Police did end up arresting the driver due to outstanding warrants.
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