The dramatic moment a drunk driver crashed her car into a backyard pool has been caught on camera.
The chaos unfolded in suburban Thornlie, in Perth’s southeast, on Tuesday evening.
A 25-year-old woman is alleged to have been drunk and unlicensed before getting behind the wheel of the vehicle.
When her car somehow careened off the road and through a fence, it nosedived into the pool before sinking quickly.
Luckily, two heroic neighbours sprung into action and jumped into the water in a rescue effort.
The men, Ed and Adam, were forced to smash the car’s window with a brick to pull the woman to safety.
“She was catatonic basically she was somewhere else,” Ed told 7NEWS.
“It started sinking quickly, I though we’ve got seconds to get her out, it was pretty stressful to be honest. “
The woman behind the wheel has been charged with drunxjmtzywk driving.
Perth tow truck driver Denis Groombridge, of Apex Towing, revealed how the woman’s car had no door handles on the outside and the handles on the inside did not work properly.
“One of the neighbours who lived across the road came out and had to smash the window and pull her out,” Mr Groombridge s
“She is extremely lucky that guy came running across the road otherwise she would have drowned. I don’t think she realises how lucky she is.”
Mr Groombridge said the woman had no insurance.
“I told her I would do the job and keep the car as scrap so she took out all her personal stuff,” he said.
“So I went for a swim and had to put the hooks on the car underneath while I was in the water and we pulled it out with the truck.
The driver, who lives just down the road from the crash site, admitted to 7 News that she was over the limit and regretted her actions: “Just don’t do what I did, don’t drink and drive”.
The elderly couple that owns the home say they are insured but have been sick, one undergoing treatment for cancer, and this is the last thing they need.
