Tesla drives into swimming pool belonging to Disney HR lawyer

Shawna Swanson, 54, the chief employment counsel for Disney, confirmed the accident occurred at her home in Pasadena Tuesday

A Tesla driver smashed into a wall before driving into a residential swimming pool belonging to Disney's top HR lawyer – one of the more bizarre accidents amid Southern California storm chaos.

Pasadena Fire Department tweeted a photo of the submerged white vehicle on Tuesday morning – adding that its occupants including children were rescued by 'Good Samaritans'.

'A Tesla driver hit the accelerator instead of the brake, drove through a wall and into a pool. 

'Three occupants in vehicle including a child. 

'Good Samaritans jumped into the pool and rescued the occupants,' the department wrote at 9:35am. 'PFD and PPD are on scene 700 blk. west California Blvd. [Pasadena].'

The Pasadena Fire Department tweeted a photo of the scene Tuesday and said the incident occurred after the driver accidentally accelerated instead of braking before driving through a wall and into the swimming pool 

The occupants, which included two adults and a child, were rescued by workers at a nearby school, according to reports 

The owner of the $2million Spanish-style home is Shawna Swanson, chief employment counsel for Disney. 

When contacted by DailyMail.com, Swanson, 54, confirmed the home was hers but declined to comment further.

The photo tweeted by local firefighters shows the smashed stucco and red brick wall in the foreground with the white Tesla Model S underwater in the backyard pool.

Local news station Fox11 reported that two workers at a nearby school saw the accident and jumped into the pool to save the occupants: two adults and a four-year-old child.

No one was injured in the incident.

The car was in a private parking lot behind the four-bed, three-bath Pasadena home when it smashed through the wall

Google Street View images of the front of Swanson's house dated June 2022 show the same color and model Tesla parked in her driveway – though the lawyer declined to comment whether the crashed car was in fact hers

The car was in a private parking lot behind the four-bed, three-bath Pasadena home when it smashed through the wall. 

Google Street View images of the front of Swanson's house dated June 2022 show the same color and model Tesla parked in her driveway – though the lawyer declined to comment whether the crashed car was in fact hers.

Some of the worst of the current flooding in Southern California has hit further north in Santa Barbara, where rainwater is reaching above car wheel rims and residents have been spotted kayaking down streets.

One local even posted a video of a dumpster swept down the road by the murky floodwaters.

Around 25,000 people in California were ordered evacuated on Monday, including the entire town of Montecito, home to Ellen DeGeneres, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and Oprah Winfrey.

The Golden State saw no relief from drenching rains on Tuesday as roads turned into gushing flood zones, forcing the evacuation of thousands in towns with histories of deadly mudslides. 

A least a dozen Californians have died over the last 10 days due to heavy flooding and severe weather in the southern part of the state  

Rainfall throughout the day was expected to be 'heavy to excessive' across the state, especially in southern California, as winds gusts were clocked at more than 40 miles an hour in many places, the National Weather Service said.

Since the storms began last week, 16 people have died in weather-related incidents in the state. 

President Joe Biden approved a state of emergency for California on Monday, and Governor Gavin Newsom confirmed at least a dozen Californians have died over the last 10 days because of the severe weather.