Two motorists and their Tesla plunged into a freezing fjord after the driver "accidently hit the gas", onlookers claim.<br /><br />Video shows emergency workers hauling the car out of the water in Oslo, Norway, after the "screaming" occupants were rescued by a passing floating sauna.<br /><br />Onlookers said the car quickly began to sink forcing the occupants - a man and a woman - to climb onto the roof.<br /><br />But the vehicle disappeared below the waterline and they were in the water for a few minutes before they were picked up by the passing sauna at around 3.30pm yesterday (1).<br /><br />Local Vladislav Nikiforov, 51, speculated the couple were there to watch the sunset.<br /><br />The environmental NGO worker, who was out for a sunset walk at the time, said: "The driver he said he forgot to put it on parking and he pushed the gas - I don't know why.<br /><br />"I guess he thought he was not afraid to push the gas as he thought it was in park."<br /><br />He said the car "jumped" over a barrier in front of the water.<br /><br />Speaking of the rescue, he added: "The car was under the water before the sauna came to them.<br /><br />"They had to swim. It's incredibly cold, icy water.<br /><br />"I don't think people could hold there more than five minutes in this water, especially with clothes on. It was very good luck this floating sauna was nearby.<br /><br />"I think they were only in the water for a couple of minutes. <br /><br />"The girl was screaming. She was very desperate."<br /><br />Vladislav said divers went into the water to attach ropes before the car was pulled out.<br /><br />"They took it out, had a look, and put it back in the water because they were afraid of fires," he said.
