This is the moment a hapless motorist was found desperately clinging to his car aerial after he careered through a fence and plunged into a 12ft deep garden pond . The non swimmer was at the centre of a rescue operation after he was spotted waist deep in the murky water with his hands wrapped around the mast . The Vauxhall Corsa ended up nearly fully submerged in the pond after the driver slewed off the road , when he collided with a parked car to avoid a deer . This is the moment the hapless motorist was found clinging to his car aerial after plunging into a garden pond . Police , fire fighters and paramedics were dispatched to bizarre scene in Rumburgh , Suffolk , after the alarm was raised at around 3am . Fire crews used an extendable ladder to rescue the man from the roof of his car before the damaged Corsa was hauled out of the water . ' I did n't hear much as I was fast asleep , but then there were three fire engines , the ambulance and the police outside my house , ' said Roger Davis , 59 , whose pond was at the centre of the rescue . 'The chap was clinging to the roof of the car , they got him off and pulled the car out . He could n't swim - and the pond is about 12 foot deep at the moment . ' I think the chap went to hospital with hypothermia , he was clinging to the roof and holding on to the car 's aerial . It was interesting to say the least . ' I think he 'd swerved to avoid a deer , that 's what the police said . ' Fire crews used an extending ladder to assist the unnamed motorist getting back to dry land . The blue coloured Vauxhall Corsa was left almost fully submerged after the early morning accident . After the driver was rescued the mangled wreckage of the car was hauled from the water by a tow truck . The man was breathalyzed by police at the scene , but he gave a negative test for alcohol . Stuart Hostler , watch commander at Halesworth fire station , said : 'He was a very lucky chap . 'When we got there he had already got out of the car and was holding on to the aerial for dear life . 'He was showing signs that he was very cold and he was up to his waist in the water . ' The East of England Ambulance Service said the man was conscious and alert when they arrived .
Motorist found hanging from his car aerial after he plunged into pond . Driver could not swim and the water was said to be 12ft deep . Fire crews were called in to rescue the man in Suffolk , Rumburgh .