One Person Dead After Flash Flooding on Kansas Turnpike

July 10,2015

((Matthew Fowler/The Emporia Gazette))

One person was killed Friday evening as a result of flooding on the Kansas Turnpike. The victim's car was swept off the road by flash floods just south of Emporia, reports The Emporia Gazette.
The accident occured after heavy rains began in the area mid-afternoon on Friday.
"A cluster of thunderstorms with torrential downpours moved slowly over eastern Kansas late Friday," says Chris Dolce, digital meteorologist for weather.com. "Radar estimates indicate that 4-6 inches of rain fell in a confined area near where the flood death occurred."
A search and rescue operation was launched at Mile Post 118 after the victim's car was swept off the turnpike. The operation lasted over two hours before the car was recovered.
"At approximately 7:00 p.m., a male victim, deceased, was recovered 100 yards downstream," Rich Gould of the Emporia Fire Department told The Emporia Gazette.
No other information on the victim is available at this time, pending identification and notification of next of kin.