Bystanders raced into an Arlington pond Friday to rescue a woman after her sport utility vehicle plunged into the water and began to sink.Watch the reportA 68-year-old Medford woman in a Ford Edge SUV was trying to back into a parking spot on Linwood Circle when she drove over a curb and into Spy Pond, police said. Her husband said she confused the brake and gas pedals.Video: Watch rescueThe vehicle was slowly sinking as a man swam to the SUV and tried to get the woman out.Dan Frazier and his friend happened to be riding their bikes at Spy Pond when the SUV went into the water and he immediately jumped in."She was very, very scared," Frazier said. "She knew she was dying. She just figured, 'This is it.' I saw it in her eyes."Frazier said he only had moments to act, so he and his friends jumped into the water to try and save the woman trapped in her sinking SUV."You've got to come out! You've got to come out," the first man into the pond is heard screaming as the SUV disappeared under the surface of the water. "I lost her. I lost her."Frazier said everyone feared the worst.The woman then resurfaced, and Frazier helped her to the shore. The woman was conscious and alert when she was pulled from the water."I just held her hand and prayed," Frazier said.She was taken to a local hospital to be treated for mild hypothermia, police said, and is expected to be released Saturday.

Bystanders raced into an Arlington pond Friday to rescue a woman after her sport utility vehicle plunged into the water and began to sink.

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A 68-year-old Medford woman in a Ford Edge SUV was trying to back into a parking spot on Linwood Circle when she drove over a curb and into Spy Pond, police said. Her husband said she confused the brake and gas pedals.

Video: Watch rescue

The vehicle was slowly sinking as a man swam to the SUV and tried to get the woman out.

Dan Frazier and his friend happened to be riding their bikes at Spy Pond when the SUV went into the water and he immediately jumped in.

"She was very, very scared," Frazier said. "She knew she was dying. She just figured, 'This is it.' I saw it in her eyes."

Frazier said he only had moments to act, so he and his friends jumped into the water to try and save the woman trapped in her sinking SUV.

"You've got to come out! You've got to come out," the first man into the pond is heard screaming as the SUV disappeared under the surface of the water. "I lost her. I lost her."

Frazier said everyone feared the worst.

The woman then resurfaced, and Frazier helped her to the shore. The woman was conscious and alert when she was pulled from the water.

"I just held her hand and prayed," Frazier said.

She was taken to a local hospital to be treated for mild hypothermia, police said, and is expected to be released Saturday.