Flash floods leave woman dead, numerous homes evacuated and drivers trapped in their cars
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 @ 9:44 AM
TORRENTIAL rain, temperatures dropping to freezing and flash floods in the east of Spain have caused havoc over the last three days and already claimed one life after a woman's car became trapped in gushing water in the province of Barcelona.
She disappeared on Saturday night in Sant Llorenç d'Hortons, and her body was found on Monday in the river Anoia through Martorell.
The victim, 20, who has not been identified but is said to have lived in Sant Joan Despi, was attempting to cross a ford near the Can Ferraguet caravan park where she had been on her way to a birthday party after her in-car GPS sat-nav system led her to the stream in error.
A 19-year-old man travelling with her managed to get out of the car and clung onto the branches of an overhanging tree to save himself, but the young woman was washed away by the current when she tried to climb out of the vehicle.
The bumper of her car was found first, late on Saturday, eventually leading the search party (photograph to the right, taken by the Mossos d'Esquadra) to her body 48 hours later.
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