Man rescued from sinking truck by co-workers

A Dallas city employee is in stable condition after a dramatic effort to rescue him from his sinking truck.

Rescuers said they had only minutes to act to pull the man out of a lake, reports CBS News correspondent Anna Werner.

With the pickup taking on water in chilly White Rock Lake, Raul Alamillo and Brent English realized there was only one way to reach the driver.

Using a hammer, Alamillo smashed through the truck's window.

"We jumped in the truck, in the back of the truck," Alamillo explained. "It was going down deeper, deeper. It was really shocking. As a co-worker, we are like a family"

With a few others joining in to help, the men were able to pry open the driver's side door. Then they used a piece of rope to pull their co-worker to safety.

He was awake, but unable to move after suffering what authorities said was a medical emergency while driving.

"He was mumbling, but he wasn't able to talk very much," English said. "He was conscious, but I think he was just still in a state of shock."

Alamillo and English, reluctant to call themselves heroes, are just happy to have gotten there in time.

"Everybody was working together," Alamillo said. "And it's really hard. In that moment you don't know. It's shocking. Hopefully this guy, this co-worker is okay."

The driver of that truck is recovering this morning in a Dallas area hospital.