Passers-by save family from submerged vehicle

Two passers-by helped a woman and two young children escape to safety after the female motorist inadvertently drove her car into Shot Pouch Creek along North Guignard Drive on Monday afternoon. According to Sumter Police Department authorities, the 29-year-old driver had passengers aged 3 and 4 in her backseat when she came out of a parking lot near Stanley Welch Clothiers and overcorrected her vehicle, consequently veering into the roadside creek. A pair of motorists who witnessed the vehicle drive off the bridge jumped into the water to rescue the three passengers to safety. Authorities indicated the trio were not in life-threatening danger and were transported to Tuomey Regional Medical Center to be checked out after the crash, which remains under investigation.