Rescuer pulls mom, 2 kids from car in Minn. pond

RICHFIELD, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Department of Transportation says a state highway first responder rescued a Twin Cities woman and her two children after the mother drove their car off a highway and into a pond.

A department spokesman says the emergency worker, Don Machacek, arrived at the pond in Richfield, just south of Minnesota, Wednesday afternoon to find the vehicle "nose-first and sinking."

He says Machacek opened a rear passenger door and pulled the three to safety. The car continued to sink.

The woman and her children, ages 8 and 10, are OK.

The dramatic rescue was recorded by a traffic management camera.

The spokesman says the driver misjudged her exit from the Interstate 35W.