‘We jumped straight in the water’: PFW students rescue man from car in pond

Two students from Purdue Fort Wayne rescued an elderly man after he crashed his vehicle into a pond late Wednesday morning.

Fort Wayne Fire Department officials say the crash happened around 11:47 a.m. on Sawmill Woods Boulevard and St. Joe Center Road, at a pond adjacent to the Wyndmere neighborhood.

When crews arrived at the scene around 11:51 a.m., they found the man sitting on the shoreline, and his vehicle in the water.

A 21Alive crew spoke with AJ Agnew and Landon Smith, members of the PFW golf team, who were driving to the grocery store when they witnessed the accident.

Watch the story on 21Alive.