"Our mommy's trying to kill us"
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Woman drives straight into ocean in Daytona Beach with kids in car in possible murder-suicide bid
Unidentified pregnant woman took plunge with her THREE KIDS in car. Lifeguards rushed into water to help save the four from drowning. One of the children wailed, 'Our mommy's trying to kill us, please help!'
A pregnant woman drove her SUV into the ocean with three young children inside near Daytona Beach in an apparent murder-suicide attempt, authorities and witnesses said.
The unidentified 31-year-old woman drove her Honda Odyssey van wildly along the shoreline near Silver Beach Ave. before veering straight into roughly four feet of water — almost submerging the vehicle as onlookers watched in horror, police said in a statement.
Lifeguards rushed to pull the unidentified woman and the three children — ages 10, 9 and 3 — from the water as the minivan began to take on water.
One of the frantic children wailed the mother had snapped, according to reports.
"The two in the back seat was crying, with their arms out saying, 'Our mommy's trying to kill us, please help,'" witness Tim Tesseneer told WESH.
The incoherent woman and her soaked kids were taken to a local hospital for precautionary reasons, but were expected to survive. Tesseneer told the station that she was refusing to speak of the incident to her saviors or cops.
"She had this look on her face," Tesseneer told WESH. "I can't describe it. It was just an awful blank look, like spaced out look."
The shocking incident was captured by Canadian tourist Simon Besner, who documented the courageous lifeguards rushing into the water and plucking the four from the vehicle that appeared to be on the verge of being swept away into the deep blue.
"It was a bit terrifying," Besner told WFTV.
The vehicle had a South Carolina license plate, police said.
Investigators with the Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue are still trying to determine why the woman veered her car into the ocean.
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