Video shows dramatic rescue of woman trapped in car sinking into frozen pond during US blizzard

South China Morning Post published this video item, entitled “Video shows dramatic rescue of woman trapped in car sinking into frozen pond during US blizzard” – below is their description.

Newly released body camera footage shows the dramatic rescue of a woman who was trapped in her car after it broke through ice on a frozen pond in the US state of Wisconsin. The December 22, 2022, incident happened during a winter blizzard when the motorist reportedly lost control of the vehicle in the city of Milwaukee. The video shows police and firefighters trying to reach the woman on a night when the wind chill temperature was minus 22 degrees Celsius (-8°F). Officers broke windows and pulled the woman from a car that was filling with freezing water that reached up to her chest by the time rescuers arrived.

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