Mother talked about demons before driving child-filled minivan into ocean

cbsnews.com DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - A pregnant mother was talking about demons but seemed lucid to police who were asked to check on her just hours before she drove a minivan into the Atlantic Ocean with her three children trapped inside the vehicle, authorities said Wednesday. Horrified onlookers said the two older children, ages 9 and 10, fought frantically for their lives as the black Honda Odyssey became nearly submerged in the surf Tuesday afternoon. Tim Tessseneer was driving with his wife behind the minivan just before the woman drove into the waves. "We saw a kid sitting on the mother's lap trying to pull the steering wheel out of her hand and turn it away from the water and the kid in back was just screaming, 'Help us, help us, our mom is trying to kill us,"" Tesseneer said. Beach-goers heard the two children screaming for help. They pulled the 9- and 10-year-old to safety before realizing a 3-year-old was still strapped into her seat. She, too, was safely brought to shore. The mother also got out OK.