ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida deputy and a resident are both 'lucky to be alive' after they were sucked into a drainage pipe by flood water during a torrential downpour, according to Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons.
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida deputy and a resident are both"lucky to be alive" after they were sucked into a drainage pipe by flood water during a torrential downpour, according to Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons.
The motorist and Hollingsworth were"sucked into a drainage pipe" and traveled nearly 100 feet underwater for approximately 30 seconds under Highway 98, which is a four-lane roadway, before emerging on the other side of the road, Simmons said. "Thank you, man, for being there when I [came]out," the motorist told Hollingsworth, video shows."When I came out you were right behind me."
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