Pregnant woman drives kids into ocean in Florida

Desperate drive ... a pregnant woman drove a mini-van full of children into the ocean in Florida. Source: Supplied  

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A PREGNANT woman drove a car full of children into the ocean as horrified witnesses tried desperately to help.

The unidentified woman from South Carolina was caught on video at Daytona Beach, Florida, as she drove down the beach and into the water.

“My friend pointed out that there was a car getting really close to the beach, and actually started driving on the water. I saw a kid in the back, like waving his arms around, like screaming, ‘Help us! Help us!’ and the car kept going deeper,” one witness told CBS News.

Rescue ... Witness race to help three children being driven into the ocean. Source: Supplied

Tim Tesseneer and another man were one of the first to reach the car.

“She was pretty deep, and the water was moving the van, and the kids were screaming. He got the two kids out while she dove out the window, the driver’s window ... just belly-flopped into the water,” Mr Tesseneer said.

It was at that moment that he realised there was still another child in the car.

“The kids are screaming, ‘There’s a baby, there’s a baby’,” Tesseneer recalled. “I get back to the van, and by this time a couple of lifeguards have made it down there to us, and come to find out there’s a baby still strapped in the seat, but we got her.”

Authorities are investigating how and why the vehicle got into the water. All three children, aged 10, 9, and 3, and their mother were taken to a nearby hospital to be examined.