EMT, maybe Johno...

[seeahill]

I read about this accident that happened nearby.

Two women in their 70s slid off the road and ended up upside down in a shallow creek. Three men behind them immediately got out of their cars and waded in to help. The women couldn't get their seat belts off because side curtains had deployed. Their heads were underwater. The doors wouldn't open. The men broke a side window, unclipped them and got their heads up above water. But they couldn't get them out of the car. Hypothermia loomed. An off duty EMT came along 25 minutes later. The article said he "took out the back window" and helped pull the women to safety. They're both doing fine.

I want to know how you "pop out" the back window of a sedan. Might be handy if I'm off saving lives some day.

[Fat Cat]

Tire iron

[johno]

Yep, tire iron, golf club, baseball bat, 2X4. Bash around the edges, then pull out the windshield or back window - they are often laminated & come out in one piece. It's nice to have gloves for this. And these windows don't just pop out - it's a bit of a wrestling match. For a car on its top, I'd peel, then kick from the inside-out, as soon as I could get my leg in there, kicking along the edge of the window.

Side windows usually shatter & fragment...easier, quicker access, but to a smaller access space.