Woman, baby escape car that drove into pond

By KAKE News Staff

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    GREAT BEND, Kansas (KAKE) — Police in central Kansas say a woman and baby were not seriously hurt when a car drove into a pond over the weekend.

The incident happened at around 4:45 p.m. Saturday in the 4700 block of 10th Street in Great Bend, next to Credit Union of America. The police department said on Facebook that 911 callers said a vehicle had left the roadway and was submerged in a pond. Officers and the fire department responded.

They arrived to find the driver and infant passenger already out of the water. Police said a passerby had stopped to help them out of the pond. Other people stopped and assisted until first responders arrived.

GBPD said the woman and baby did not have serious injuries, but they were transported to a local hospital as a precaution.

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