A driver in Glendale, Arizona, is lucky that someone who knew how to handle an emergency dip into a water hazard was in the right place at the right time earlier in June. The 66-year-old man found his car suddenly sinking into a local lake, after he was forced to make an evasive maneuver off the road when a reckless driver got in the way.
A woman driving nearby on June 13th, when his car plunged into the lake, acted as a Good Samaritan, and came to his rescue. She says she used to be a lifeguard, so knew what to do.
A local news report gives details on how it happened:
On June 13, a driver swerved to avoid a crash at the intersection of 59th Avenue and Behrend Drive. The evasive maneuvers ended with their car crashing into a nearby man-made lake.
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[Amy] Magsamen was driving in the area at the time and when she stopped to help, she saw she had to act quickly.
She spoke to the…
