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Man drowns after driving car onto flooded road in Snohomish County
The man ignored road closure signs and entered six-foot deep floodwaters, marking the first drowning death linked to recent western Washington flooding, authorities said.
- Early Tuesday morning, a man in his early 30s drowned after driving into floodwaters in Snohomish County, and first responders pronounced him dead at the scene.
- Ignoring posted road-closure signs, the driver ran off the road into a flooded ditch, while emergency officials warn floodwater may appear shallow but be deceptively deep.
- Firefighters were called to Marsh Road southwest of Snohomish at about 1:30 a.m., where the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office reported six feet of water and rescue swimmers found one occupant.
- Authorities say this is the first reported death tied to the devastating flooding that began last week, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes most flood deaths happen when vehicles enter hazardous water.
- Just 12 inches of rushing water can carry away most cars, six inches of fast-moving flood water can knock over an adult, and two feet can pull larger vehicles downstream.
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Man found dead after driving into flooded roadway in Snohomish
SNOHOMISH, Wash. - A man was found dead in a submerged car in the early morning hours on Tuesday after reportedly driving past road closure signs onto a flooded roadway, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office. SCSO said that the car left the road and went into a lower farmland ditch that contained around
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