Body recovered in Bandera County after flood waters swept driver’s vehicle into creek, authorities say

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A woman’s body was recovered after she was swept into flood waters inside her vehicle near Lower Mason Creek Road in Bandera County on Monday, according to the sheriff’s office.

Around 5:30 a.m., the sheriff’s office got a 911 call from a driver who stated her vehicle was inadvertently swept into the creek in the area of Lower Mason Creek Road by high and fast-moving water.

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The woman told authorities she was going downstream at a “high rate of speed and unable to exit her vehicle.”

Bandera County is about 90 miles southwest of Austin…

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