Charges over unlicensed drink driving after smashing into pool
A Perth woman who was rescued by two tradies after her car crashed into a backyard pool, which has seen the men lauded as heroes, has ended her close call with several charges from police.
CCTV footage from the home showed the dramatic situation unfolding, after the woman’s car went through the back fence, landed in the pool and began to sink.
The men were among several neighbours who rushed over to save the woman trapped inside her car.
“Get out of the car, come on, go, you alright?” her rescuers could be heard saying.
The two men, Ed and Adam, jumped into the pool and were forced to smash one of the car windows with a brick to pull the woman to safety.
“She’d be dead now,” Ed told 9News.
“She was in full panic mode. Adam was on one side talking to her (saying) ‘get away from the window’.
“I’m just really pleased she’s okay, that’s the most important thing.”
Thiri Htut, the 25-year-old driver, thanked Ed and Adam for saving her life.
“I’d be dead,” she said.
She has since been charged with unlicensed driving and drink driving.
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