A local resident
extracted his mother-in-law from his vehicle after it rolled into a pond
Wednesday in Liberty Township, the Porter County Sheriff’s Police said.
According to
police, at 11:02 a.m., police responded to 751 North CR 50 West and observed
a grey 2013 Ford F150 4x4 truck fully submerged in the pond about 10 feet
from the shoreline.
Resident Herbert
Nowak, 61, advised that he had parked his vehicle near the pond with his
mother-in-law Connie Rinchak, 89, in the passenger seat so she could enjoy
the scenery while he played with his dogs, police said.
Police said Nowak
was on his phone with his wife and had thought he had put his vehicle in
park when he exited. He then observed the vehicle start to head into the
pond and yelled to his wife to call for help, police said.
Nowak managed to
pull Rinchak from the vehicle and was further assisted by PCSP Sgt. Jesse
Klemz who took both subjects back to shore with a pool skimmer that was
located nearby, police said.
Rinchak was
transported to Porter Regional Hospital for cold water exposure, police
said. No one was charged or injured in the incident.