DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Crews rescued several people, including children, after a car crashed into an embankment filled with water in DeKalb County Friday morning.
Fire Rescue Capt. Eric Jackson told Channel 2 Action News that a car lost control on Panthersville Road near Tolliver Road and crashed into an embankment with several feet of water.
A quick-thinking deputy, leaped into the water and pulled one adult and two children out of the car.
"I could see through the window that it was younger kids and I sprung into action to get them out of the vehicle as quick as I could," Deputy Noah Heimlich said. "They were pretty shook up."
Heimlich said hero isn't how he would describe himself.
"I don't feel like I'm a hero. I just felt like it was one of those things we do every day," he said.
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learned a DeKalb firefighter, helped the other adult on the hood of the car escape.
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“We went to the top side of the vehicle, got that other adult who was just making his way out of the car when we arrived,” Jackson said.
All four were very cold and taken to a local hospital as a precaution.
It's unclear what caused the driver to lose control.
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