FOREST LAKE, Minn. — We're getting a new look at a life-saving rescue near Forest Lake last month, after a frightening rollover crash into standing water.
The accident happened when 22-year-old Allyson Andert hit a patch of water on I-35W near Wyoming, Minnesota. Her truck started hydroplaning and eventually crashed into a guard rail.
The impact of that crash sent the truck flying over a snow bank and into the ditch.
Andert’s truck landed upside down in two feet of water.
She survived, thanks to good Samaritans and first responders from the Minnesota State Patrol.
The agency has now released dashcam video of the rescue. In it, we hear everything.
State trooper Brian Schwartz was the first to the scene.
"Are they still in there?” Schwartz asks two good Samaritans stopped on the side of the road.
“That truck is completely underwater. He's unconscious underwater," one of the good Samaritans responds, believing the driver to be a man.
Schwartz called dispatch to report the accident and then headed toward the truck.
A short time later trooper Cory Johnson arrived in a second squad car.
"Can you get to her?” he asks.
“Seatbelt's on and everything. I can't get to them,” someone responds.
The two good Samaritans used a knife to cut the seatbelt while Schwartz ran back to his squad to get a prybar to pry open the truck.
A short time later they pulled Andert out, laid her down on dry land and then started CPR.
"There you go, you OK? Breathe! Breathe! Breathe!" someone yells to Andert.
After the first round of CPR Andert put out a breath, but then stopped breathing again.
Schwartz ran back to get an AED to shock her, but then she suddenly spit out some water.
"There you go! There you go,” someone yells. “You're OK. She's there. She's OK."
Andert was later rushed to the hospital, where she was treated and released a short time later.
She would go on to meet the two good Samaritans and thank them for saving her life.