Family of 6 drowns inside van while trying to escape Harvey floods

[TexasTowelie]

HOUSTON - A family of six is believed to have died after drowning in a white van Sunday afternoon while trying to escape the floods of Hurricane Harvey, relatives tell KHOU 11 News. It is thus far the single deadliest incident resulting from the storm.

The victims include four children (all 16 or younger) and their great-grandparents. The driver of the vehicle (the children's great-uncle) managed to escape before the van went under water.

According to witnesses, the van was driving down Green River Road in Greens Bayou when it hit high floods after crossing a bridge.

This caused the the van to be swept up in the current, and the driver then crawled out and told the children inside to try and get out through the back door. They were unable to do so.

Read more: http://www.khou.com/weather/harvey/family-of-6-drowns-inside-van-while-trying-to-escape-harvey-floods/468579903

[CaliforniaPeggy]

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[Eko]

3. Interesting

how people who have only recently joined are pushing right wing talking points on the evacuation. C'mon now.

[DesertRat]

4. Mayor Turner likely saved many lives by NOT ordering evacuations

During Hurricane Rita 12 years ago, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Rita , there were 107 fatalities during the evacuation.

I watched the Mayor’s press conference. He laid it out very well regarding what would have been involved in evacuating 6.5 million people, and then their Congresswoman related stories about the horror experienced by those who DID evacuate during Hurricane Rita.

[DesertRat]

5. Such a tragedy