SUGAR LAND, Texas (WFLA/CNN) – Body camera video shows a Texas police officer jumping into a lake to pull a driver from a car.
The incident happened Saturday morning around 6:30 a.m. in a Houston suburb.
Witnesses said the fast-moving car jumped a curb and sped off an embankment.
Officers broke a window and pulled a woman from the car shortly before it sank below the surface.
The woman told police she fell asleep behind the wheel.
The woman was not injured and one officer was treated for minor cuts.
The Texas lake is a known habitat for alligators and snakes.
