India, Nov. 27 -- Surta Parmar, 38, was busy with her chores at her home at Dharti Mata village in Rajasthan's Dungarpur district when a thud and a commotion disrupted her daily routine on Tuesday. When she rushed out to see what the commotion was about, she was shocked. People had gathered near a pond, where a car had fallen, but were doing nothing to rescue its occupants.

Parmar took matters into her own hands as some onlookers filmed the car in the pond. She rescued a couple and their 11-month-old son from the car and helped rush them to a hospital that saved their lives.

The couple, Dharmesh Yadav and Shilpa, and their son, Drish, were on their way to Banswara from Dungarpur for a wedding when their car hit a divider, lost control, ...