Baytown Firefighters Rescue Teen Swept Downstream in Cedar Bayou

BAYTOWN, Texas — Baytown Police Department and Baytown Fire Department crews safely rescued a 13-year-old girl Wednesday afternoon after she was swept downstream in Cedar Bayou.

According to police, officers responded around 4:15 p.m. on May 20, 2026, to the 7800 block of Brooks Crossing Drive following reports of a missing child in the water.

Preliminary information indicates the teen and her 11-year-old brother were playing on a flotation device in the Cedar Bayou River when the girl became separated and was carried downstream by the current…

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