A pregnant mother and her son were found dead in their car on Thursday night amid severe flooding in southeastern Pennsylvania.
Ben Kesslen and Associated Press
around 4:30 p.m. Thursday, police told NBC Philadelphia.Douglass Township Police Chief John Dzurek said her car was swept about a half mile down a creek. The mother and son were discovered Thursday evening after rescue crews searched along train tracks in Douglass Township, about an hour and 20 minutes northwest of Philadelphia.
Southeastern Pennsylvania was hit hard by flooding Thursday, and the National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency after some areas received more than 6 inches of rain. The rain flooded rivers, caused a sinkhole at a daycare facility, triggered landslides, and blocked access to a local hospital for several hours,
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