Grapevine first responders swooped in Sunday to rescue eight ducklings from a drain along a busy road.

A driver noticed the ducklings and their mother on the shoulder near State Highway 121 and Interstate 635 and turned around to help. But by the time he reached the ducks, their mother had been hit by a vehicle and the ducklings had fallen through the grate, police said.

The man called police, and officers along with fire department personnel responded to help.

Nathan Stinson captured footage of the rescue that showed rescuers lifting the heavy grate and scooping up the ducklings in a plastic tub.

Stinson said on YouTube that the ducklings were being taken to volunteers who will raise them and release them into the wild.