BULLARD, Texas — Editor's note: The video above aired March 14.
The City of Bullard hosted a ceremony recognizing six individuals who assisted first responders in saving the life of a woman after a traffic accident occurred earlier this month.
Just 20 minutes before midnight on March 13, a woman crashed into a pond in the Bullard area. Her car was upside down in the water, and Bullard teenagers and neighbors came to the rescue.
Four Bullard ISD students and two Bullard residents were honored in a room of city officials, first responders, school board members, Smith County Commissioners Court officials, Bullard ISD officials, family members and guests.
When the vehicle crashed into the water near FM 346 and Olivia Lane, Bullard teenagers Kyle Schneider, Sheane Congo, and Derek and Drew Bowers, neighbor David Isbell and the Bowers siblings' father jumped into the water when the air temperature was around 45 degrees.
Schneider said the driver then hit a ditch before the pond causing her to jump, skip and then flip her car upside down into the pond.
"We didn't know how many people were in there or what to expect if she was going to be conscious or even alive," Schneider said.
Bullard Fire Chief Peter Riley said before first responders arrived at the scene, he was surprised to see the vehicle had already been flipped over.
Bullard and Flint volunteer fire departments then worked together to get the door open using extraction tools.
The group of good Samaritans said the woman coughed up water and seemed traumatized from the crash. Riley said EMS administered treatment to the woman after getting her out of the water.