Crime & Safety

Body Cam Footage Of Family Saved From Pond In Naperville: Watch

Police have shared footage of three officers rescuing a family after their car plunged into a retention pond in Naperville last Tuesday.

NAPERVILLE, IL — Police have released the body cam footage of officers rescuing a toddler and two adults after the car they were in drove into a retention pond in Naperville last Tuesday.

The footage was released after several requests, Naperville Police Department shared in a Facebook post.

They wrote, "We've had requests to see the bodycam video from last week's event in which three of our officers entered a frigid retention pond to help a family whose car had crashed into the water. Their ability to remain calm and do what needed to be done to help the frantic family is commendable!"

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Police saw the car in the pond near 95th Street Library around 1 p.m. and rushed to rescue the family, which included a man, a woman and a two-year-old girl.

No one was hurt in the incident, but some police officers sustained minor injuries in the rescue.

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