“The courage shown by this mother and the community members who rushed to her side prevented a tragedy,” officials said
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- A mother rushed to save her baby after their vehicle plunged into a marina in Wisconsin on Aug. 19
- One passerby scaled a fence to help the pair, and two other locals rushed to assist
- The cause of the incident is under investigation
A baby is safe after a car plunged into a marina in Wisconsin, thanks to the quick actions of the child’s mother and passing strangers, authorities said.
On the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 19, a woman was in her car with her 1-year-old child, who was safely strapped into a car seat, when the incident occurred near 1 Center Street in Menasha, the City of Menasha Police Department said in a statement shared on Facebook. In surveillance footage shared by authorities, the car can be seen rolling beyond the parking space, under a fence and down an embankment, before sinking into the Menasha Marina.
“The vehicle was attempting to park here, and then drove slowly — looks like an idle speed, or just a little bit of accelerator — and then it drove through here,” Matthew Roe, the community liaison officer for the Menasha Police Department, told FOX affiliate WLUK. “Missed the tree and the electrical connections right here.”…