Boy rescued from Oak Cliff creek after neighbors hear screams for help

Neighbors in Oak Cliff rushed to rescue an 11-year-old boy who was swept away by fast-rising creek water during Sunday afternoon’s storms in Dallas.

Dallas Fire said crews received multiple calls at about 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, about young boys riding the current downstream behind an apartment complex. One of the boys became stranded along a steep, muddy embankment.

By Monday afternoon, the creek was calm. But neighbors said the water was rushing and moving fast when they heard the boy screaming and crying for help…

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