This is the heartbreaking moment a man frantically swims after a car was washed away by a river with the driver trapped inside.<br /><br />The vehicle was crossing the river while it was swollen from heavy rains and thunderstorms in Cavite, the Philippines, on June 19.<br /><br />However, the white SUV was dragged away by the powerful current with the driver trapped inside. <br /><br />Brave passerby Jayson Acula leaped into the torrent and tried to catch up with the black car to help free the driver. <br /><br />Despite Jayson's heroic efforts the car disappeared upstream and he was forced to breathlessly clamber onto the muddy banks.<br /><br />Jayson said: ''I would have regretted it forever if I hadn't tried to save the poor man stuck inside. I'm devastated that I couldn't do more.''<br /><br />Jayson's sister, Sheryl, recorded the incident from the river bank.<br /><br />She said: "We first heard the old man shouting for help before we saw his car on the river.<br /><br />"My brother nearly drowned trying to go after the car. It saddens us to have witnessed what happened."<br /><br />After the rescue attempt, Jayson and Sheryl went to the village authorities to get more help.<br /><br />She added: "We don't know what happened after, but the man is already being searched for by the authorities."
