Caroline the dog got scared and dived into the footwell (Picture: WRAL/CNN)

A black labrador managed to drive a truck into a swimming pool after it got scared and sat on the pedals.

According to Michael and Ruth Smith, Caroline the dog was sat in the back of the car as the couple drove to the local supermarket in North Carolina.

But something spooked Caroline and she dived into the footwell of the driver’s seat, putting the pedal to the floor and sending the Dodge Ram pickup truck across a car park, through a fence and into a swimming pool.

‘When she gets scared, she’ll go down on the floorboard of the truck,’ Mr. Smith told WRAL.




He added that it was his wife who was driving at the time, and though he tried to pull the dog off, he was unable to.

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Michael Smith says he doesn’t blame Caroline for the accident (Picture: WRAL)

‘We hit the water and I’m going “where in the name of God is this water coming from,”‘ he said.

Fortunately, the owners of the pool, John McNamara and his wife, were in at the time.

Michael Smith sustained some cuts to his hands but was otherwise unharmed.

‘I don’t blame her for it,’ he said of his dog.

‘Just one of them odd accidents that you read about in the newspaper or see on the news.’

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