Video shows a 12-year-old boy saving his mother’s life after she drove into a pond in Texas

Heart-pounding footage shows the moment a heroic 12-year-old boy saves his mother’s life after she drove her car into a deep pond in Texas during a health emergency.

“She’s having a seizure! She’s stuck! She’s in the water, help her!” a sobbing and soaking wet Dwight Winbush shouted desperately to the West Orange police officers, pointing to the submerged car.

Jonquetta Winbush was driving through the southeastern city in late July when she suffered a seizure, Deputy Police Chief Jessie Romero said Wednesday.

She fainted behind the wheel – but she had pressed the accelerator pedal, causing her and her two children to fall into the pond.

Dwight and his 16-year-old sister managed to escape from the sinking car, but their helpless mother became stuck as the car sank deeper and deeper, with only the rear bumper still sticking out of the water.

Fortunately, experienced patrol officer Charles Cobb was watching the traffic nearby and the quick-thinking children immediately called him for help.

“Hurry up!” little Dwight shouted as Cobb led him into the safety of the patrol car.

The bodycam footage shows Cobb running toward the submerged vehicle, where two Good Samaritans had already begun to free the trapped woman.

The trio pulled Winbush out of the water and Cobb performed CPR.

“She was completely unconscious,” Romero said. “He was able to get her pulse back while he had her lying there on the floor and resuscitate her until EMS arrived.”

It is not clear how long Winbush went without oxygen, but it took three weeks in intensive care before the mother of two was able to breathe on her own again.

“She is still in the hospital, but she will make a full recovery,” Romero said.

Cobb and two bystanders – Corey Bull and Epifiano Munguia – were honored Tuesday for their bravery with a lifesaving award and a letter of commendation.