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A car plunged into a swimming pool after its driver mistakenly stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake pedal.

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By . Darren Boyle for MailOnline . An elderly driver landed in a swimming pool after mistaking the throttle on his powerful Audi A6 for the brake pedal. The 84-year-old man crashed through a gate and plunged into his daughter's swimming pool after making the error in Wyckoff, New Jersey. The man and his 79-year-old female passenger had to be rescued from the semi-submerged car by relatives who dived into the pool. The Audi A6 landed in the swimming pool after careering through some metal gates from the driveway . The 84-year old man drove through the fence at the bottom of this driveway before plunging into the pool . Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox told NJ.com both the man and passenger escaped without injury. He said: 'After driving to the end of the driveway it is believed that he then mistakenly stepped on the gas instead of the brake. 'The 2006 Audi A-6 crashed through a fence and went into the pool in the rear yard.' The car was later removed from the swimming pool by a tow truck. The Audi A6 was removed from the swimming pools with a heavy duty rescue truck, pictured . According to the local police department, the incident happened in Wykoff, New Jersey over Labor Weekend .