Tucson fire crews ran three swift water rescues in less than half an hour Monday evening as storms pushed through the city.
The first came in at 4:47 p.m. at Calle Betelgeux and South Avenida Sirio. Crews got there and found the driver sitting on the roof of his car in moving water. The crew from Ladder 9 ran the aerial ladder out and brought him off.
At 5:01 p.m. a call came in at North Alamo Avenue and East Rosewood Street for a submerged car being swept toward Speedway Boulevard with someone still inside. The driver was carried down the Alamo Wash. The first two crew members on scene pulled him out of the water with help from a neighbor, and he was taken to a hospital.
At 5:12 p.m. crews were called behind TMC near Grant Road and Wyatt Drive for a person being actively swept away. That person managed to climb out with help from security guards.
Tucson Fire says all three calls came in inside 30 minutes, and that even shallow moving water can take a car or a person. Turn around a...
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