Flash floods took the lives of two people Wednesday afternoon in Nash County, North Carolina, just outside the capital of Raleigh.
The man and woman died after their vehicle was swept away along Highway 581. The Spring Hope Police Department said the vehicle was pushed into a ravine “where the waters were rushing and over 6 feet deep.”
When officers arrived at the scene shortly after 2 p.m., the woman had climbed onto the roof of the minivan, but as the rescuers tried to reach her she fell and was swept away. The man was also taken downstream.
The victims were identified as 24-year-old Lottie Alston and 55-year-old Raymond Evans, both from Louisburg, North Carolina…