Heavy rains in Bucks County caused a flash flood Saturday. The water trapped 11 cars on the 1000 block of Washington Crossing Road, including three that were swept away. Information about the victims is still coming out and names have not been released.
Bucks County officials knew the situation was grim on Saturday, after more than 4 inches of rain fell on Upper Makefield Township in two hours, trapping 11 vehicles on Route 532, sweeping three away. Water rescues were underway, with 12 people unaccounted for.Tragic details began to emerge by morning. Buck and Upper Makefield Fire Chief Tim Brewer confirmed the bodies of three people swept away by the flash floods had been recovered.
Gov. Josh Shapiro and U.S. Sen. John Fetterman joined an afternoon news conference in Upper Makefield, where Brewer delivered a heartbreaking update: A fifth body had been recovered about 100 yards from where they had found the fourth victim. The toddler and the infant remained missing, and search crews continued to look for them.Though the names of the five deceased victims were not released, Brewer said Upper Makefield officials had been in contact with the family of the two missing children.
Brewer confirmed the mother was among the five deceased individuals that had been recovered. The grandmother survived and was treated at a local hospital, Upper Makefield Township Police Department said in”We cannot even begin to imagine what the family is going through with two beautiful children gone,” he said. “We ask once again for all those affected by this tragedy for your thoughts and prayers, and please hug your loved ones a little bit sooner than later.
She remembers the rain lasting about an hour and a half. She and her husband ventured out around 6 p.m., shortly after it let up, for dinner plans in Yardley. They were already en route when they got text-message alerts about flash flooding, so they kept moving cautiously along Taylorsville Road, avoiding areas they knew were flood-prone. They eventually turned back when they saw rushing waters and pavement broken up by the rainwater.
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