Payson –
Seven people, including two children, are the accident by a sudden flood drowned at a popular swimming spot in the East Verde River near Payson, Arizona. Fourteen people were known to be surprised by the quickly rising water in the river and swept away, three of them, according to Fox News still missing.
The sheriff of Gila County was given Saturday afternoon an emergency call and organized a rescue operation. Four bodies were still the same evening to be salvaged. Sunday afternoon took the workers three killed victims. Four campers were found alive in the vicinity of the rampplek.
#UPDATE: 7 killed, two of which children, 3 people still missing after flash flood tears through the swimming hole near
#Payson— FOX 10 Phoenix (@FOX10Phoenix)
July 16, 2017