3 Found Dead in Submerged Vehicle After Flood Recedes

3 Found Dead in Submerged Vehicle After Flood Recedes
Police officers work at at the scene where three bodies were found in receding floodwaters in the Holt community, a rural area a few miles east of Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 24, 2022. Tuscaloosa Police Department/AP Photo
|Updated:

HOLT, Ala.—Three bodies were found inside a submerged vehicle in Alabama on Thursday after floodwaters receded from killer storms that included torrential rain earlier this week, authorities said.

Divers and other officers from the Tuscaloosa Police Department discovered the sport-utility vehicle in water in the Holt community, a rural area a few miles east of Tuscaloosa, police said in a statement.