A Navy veteran was found dead inside his vehicle after it was swept away by floodwaters in Southern California.
Robert Jerry Hiller, 68, was driving to meet friends on Christmas Eve when his blue Toyota Yaris hatchback became trapped in storm conditions near East Avenue I and 50th Street East in Lancaster, according to KTLA. When his loved ones couldn’t reach him by Christmas Day, the family filed a missing persons report.
Air rescue crews later found Hiller inside his partially submerged vehicle at about 9:45 a.m. local time. He was pronounced dead at the scene, KTLA reported, citing Los Angeles County deputies…