Texas sheriff's deputy missing during flooding
Source: AP-EXCITE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Rescue crews were searching Thursday for a Texas sheriff's deputy who radioed for help minutes before her empty patrol car was found submerged by floodwaters.
Roger Wade, a spokesman for the Travis County Sheriff's Office, said the deputy was checking low-water crossings during storms. She radioed shortly before 2 a.m. CDT Thursday, saying her vehicle was being washed away in an Austin-area subdivision.
"We believe she was swept into the low-water crossing by water going down the street," said Wade, who identified the deputy only as a seven-year veteran of the department.
Austin-Travis County EMS had three other swift-water rescues, with nobody hurt, said Cmdr. Mike Benavides.
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