Austin officials respond to over 50 water-related rescues after flash flooding

AUSTIN, Texas – Legislation enforcement officers reported responding to over 50 water associated rescues after excessive flash flooding Thursday night time.

Caleb Decasper says he was driving on 183 in Northwest Austin through the rainstorm when a concrete barrier slammed into the again of his automotive.

“Slams into the again of my automotive and simply takes me for a trip down the road a number of hundred ft,” stated Decasper.

Decasper admits he thought he was going to die. “I believed I used to be going to roll and drown,” he stated.

Legislation enforcement officers responded to dozens of water rescues involving automobiles trapped as a result of excessive flooding. Austin Travis County EMS officers advised FOX 7 Austin they haven’t seen a climate occasion like this in fairly awhile.

Brandon Brammer additionally discovered himself in the same state of affairs on 183. He says he was driving by way of the flooding when his automotive shut off.

“I simply began floating and my automotive simply began going sideways. The water began speeding up on the facet similar to it could on some other flood in opposition to the curb,” stated Brammer.

Fortunately, he was saved by regulation enforcement, however Brammer says he realized a precious lesson.

“After they say severely, in case you worth your automotive or your life and so they let you know to show round, do not drown, flip round or do not go away within the first place,” he stated.

EMS says ‘flip round don’t drown’ is the very best recommendation for all these conditions.