Police smash their way into a woman's sinking BMW with a rock

A woman is extremely lucky to be alive after her car drove off a rock wall of a car park into a harbour and immediately began sinking at a frightening speed.

The petrified woman was squashed up against the rear window as the front end of the BMW was rapidly submerging into the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland at 3pm on Tuesday.

Fortunately witnesses called emergency services as quick-thinking policemen arrived and sprung straight into action by jumping into the water. 

 

Once it became clear that it was not going to penetrate through the glass another officer was handed a rock and managed to shatter the rear window.

The relieved woman was then pulled to safety by the two heroic policemen. 

Detective Sergeant Callum McNeill said police were still trying to work out how the bizarre incident occurred.

He said the woman, who was naturally in shock, got away with just a 'few cuts and bruises and is lucky to be alive.