First responders rescue infant from car trapped in Texas floodwaters
An infant was pulled from a car trapped in Beeville floodwaters after heavy rain turned a creek crossing dangerous in seconds. Police said no one was hurt, but warned the risk is easy to underestimate.
First responders pulled an infant from a car swallowed by floodwaters in Beeville, Texas, after heavy rain turned a creek crossing into a dangerous trap. Video from the rescue showed firefighters and police reaching into the rushing water, lifting the baby out in a carrier, and shielding the child from the rain with a coat. No one was hurt.
The rescue happened Saturday in Beeville, about 100 miles southeast of San Antonio, after the driver entered a low-water crossing that had been inundated by fast-moving rain. Beeville police said the local fire chief tried to signal the driver to stop, but the driver did not see him waving. By the time the vehicle reached the flooded section, police said the driver could no longer control it and the water began pushing it away.
Officials said barricades had not yet been set up at the crossing when the vehicle went through. The video showed first responders entering the floodwater and pulling the infant through the passenger-side door while other officers and firefighters helped rescue the rest of the occupants. It was not clear whether there were additional passengers in the car.
The National Weather Service office in Corpus Christi had issued a flood warning for the Aransas River in Bee County, a reminder that water levels can rise quickly during storms and overwhelm places drivers often assume are safe. Beeville police said low-water crossings can look passable one minute and become dangerous the next, especially when heavy rain moves in quickly.
The incident underscored a familiar public-safety problem across South Texas: motorists often underestimate how little moving water it takes to force a vehicle off the roadway. Beeville police urged drivers to avoid creek crossings during storms and said no errand, shortcut or destination is worth risking a family’s safety. In a region where flood warnings can arrive before roads are visibly underwater, the safest choice is often the one that keeps drivers from testing the crossing at all.
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