A police officer stands over the back of the sinking BMW ready to strike the window with a rock in Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand
This is the breathtaking moment a woman was rescued from her sinking car in a New Zealand harbour.
Moments from drowning, the terrified woman can be seen pinned against the back windscreen of her BMW.
Police officers couldn’t open the doors of the car after it crashed into Waitemata Harbour in Auckland and attempts to smash the windows with truncheons failed.
Quick-thinking officers then turned to rocks in a bid to smash the windows and eventually free the woman.
A police officer stands over the back of the sinking BMW ready to strike the window with a rock in Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand
Police officers dive in to try and rescue the woman
A police officer stands over the back of the sinking BMW having smashed the window with a rock in Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand
Police officers pull the woman from the back of the car in Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand
PICTURES: Moment terrified woman is rescued from sinking car
