VIDEO: Dramatic water rescue from flooded Scottsdale wash
Photographer: KNXV
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Posted: 08/23/2012
SCOTTSDALE, AZ - Fire crews had to rescue two people trapped in a medical transport van when they became stuck in a flooded Scottsdale wash Thursday morning.
It took about an hour and a ladder truck with a bucket to pull the female driver and a male passenger from the van at 77th and Roosevelt streets.
The rescue was captured live on ABC15 Morning right around 6 a.m.
Watch the rescue that was captured from the ground and Air15 in the video player above.
Copyright 2012 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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