INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana -- A father died after saving his 3-year-old daughter from drowning in a pond in Indianapolis.
Police say the man stopped to talk to someone and left his daughter in the running car Sunday afternoon.
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Somehow the girl hit the gear shift, putting the car into reverse.
The car and the little girl rolled into a pond.
The father and his friend ran into the pond to save her.
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He got to the vehicle before it fully submerged and got the girl out safely.
Tragically, the man did not know how to swim and he drowned after saving his daughter.