Search continues for missing victim at Mt. Harmony Road bridge
Published 1:19 pm Friday, October 12, 2018
VIRGINIA STATE POLICE Pictured is the entrance to the bridge at Mt. Harmony Road in Charlotte County.
VIRGINIA STATE POLICE Search efforts are underway for an adult woman after high waters swept a vehicle off of a bridge at Mt. Harmony Road Thursday evening. First responders rescued a 17-year-old man, but founds the remains of an adult man overnight.
Virginia State Police reported that search efforts remain underway for the missing woman who was swept away after the vehicle she was riding in became stranded on a bridge along Route 654, Mt. Harmony Road.
Police reported that she was “riding in the vehicle with two family members when the rushing floodwaters from a creek overran the bridge Thursday shortly before 7:30 p.m.”
“When the woman, an adult male and a 17-year-old male got out of the vehicle, they had to cling to the bridge railing as the rising water rushed around them,” a release from VSP cited. “The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office was able to pull the 17-year-old male to safety. The two adults were swept away in the rushing floodwaters before the deputies could reach them. Overnight state police located the male subject deceased.”
As of 4:45 p.m. Friday, the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) is still reporting five deaths in Virginia as related to Tropical Storm Michael.
