Crews continue to battle rushing flood waters to rescue drivers

Sunday, October 9, 2016
WAKE COUNTY (WTVD) -- Authorities in Wake County had to rescue two drivers overnight after their vehicles got submerged in the same flood waters from the Little River.

Around 7 a.m., Chopper 11 HD captured rescue crews using a raft to rescue a woman from her vehicle after a strong current swept up her vehicle along a water-covered NC-97/Gannon Avenue, which is just west of Zebulon.
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Authorities told ABC11 the drivers' vehicles ended up being caught in the same spot after they ignored a barrier and tried to drive through the water at West Gannon Avenue.



Neither driver was injured, but both vehicles were still in the flood waters at 10 a.m.
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They were just some of the 887 swift water rescues reported across the state Sunday morning - Cumberland County officials reported that 574 people had to be rescued in the county alone.

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