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First responders searching for two people caught in flash flood
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Officials say that at least five homeless people were camped in the drainage ditch when the water came.
SAN ANTONIO — First responders are searching for at least two people that were caught up in a flash flood late Monday evening.
Officials say that at least five homeless people were camped in the drainage ditch near I-10 and Tioga Drive when the water came.
Firefighters responded around 10:20 p.m. to search the area. Three of the people were able to get out but two were swept away.
Officials searched several locations, but so far they’re still missing.