A sport utility vehicle had just crashed through her fence, rolled across her patio deck and into her backyard swimming pool.
She watched, stunned, as the vehicle began to sink.
"I thought I was dreaming," said Peacock, 80. "I was so shaken up."
Meanwhile, Pat and Mimi Campanella sat inside the 2001 silver Toyota Highlander as it filled with water.
"As we landed in the pool, I remembered a movie and I waited for the water to fill the car and then I opened the door," said Pat Campanella, 56. Letting water in equalizes the pressure and allows the door to open.
Pat Campanella, left, and Mark Peacock shared a laugh after Campanellas SUV was removed from Peacocks mothers pool.
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He pushed his wife out and got them to the side of the pool.
Despite the scare, no one was injured in the Saturday incident, and the car remained there — a neighborhood curiosity — until yesterday, when it was pulled from the bottom by a tow truck equipped with a crane.
The accident occurred at about 1 p.m. as Mimi Campanella received a driving lesson from her husband.
A sport utility vehicle had just crashed through her fence, rolled across her patio deck and into her backyard swimming pool.