LEXINGTON, Ky. (FOX 56) — Crews with the Lexington Fire Department had a busy morning in Lexington amid flash flooding that led to multiple people escaping vehicles, with one of them being helped by a kayaker.
Just before 11 a.m. on Monday, June 22, officials with the Lexington Fire Department told FOX 56 News that crews had been sent to Old Harrodsburg Road near South Elkhorn Village for a rescue operation.
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When crews arrived, two people in two separate vehicles had reportedly gotten themselves to safety, officials said.
“A third vehicle had one person rescued via kayak prior to our arrival,” LFD crew members said. “We walked an adult male out.”
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Earlier on Monday, five people were put in life vests and walked out of a flooding apartment building in the area of Transcript Avenue and Press Avenue by Lexington first responders. Authorities urged Lexington travelers to avoid roads where standing water could be seen out of caution…