Photo: Pasadena Fire Department
Three people, including a 4-year-old child, were rescued on Tuesday after aTesladrove into a pool of a residential home.
Lisa Derderian, a public information officerfor the city of Pasadena, tells PEOPLE that the driver of the vehicle said she hit the gas instead of the brakes after the weather at the time may have distracted her, causing the Tesla to go through a retaining wall and into the pool.
While the home’s owners were at their residence at the time of the incident, which occurred shortly before 9 a.m., they were unaware of what had happened, prompting one of the two staff members to dive into the pool and assist the vehicle’s passengers before it began to submerge.
A photo accompanying atweet from the Pasadena Fire Departmentdetailed the aftermath of the incident, showing the white Tesla deeply submerged underwater in the pool as loose bricks surrounded it.
The Pasadena Fire Department said in the social media post that “good samaritans jumped into the pool and rescued the occupants” and confirmed that both they and the Pasadena Police Department responded to the incident.
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source: people.com
