A person has been found dead inside a vehicle submerged in flood waters in south Sacramento County. Dan Quiggle, deputy fire chief for operations for Cosumnes Community Service District Fire Department, said crews found the person inside a vehicle around 10:30 a.m. Sunday along Dillard Road, near Highway 99. Emergency workers believe the individual was the same motorist they were searching for earlier in the morning.
No details on the driver were made available. The area around Dillard Road, south of Elk Grove, has been inundated with flood waters from the Cosumnes River following a strong rain and wind storm that struck the region Saturday night. Rain monitors in the area registered nearly 4 inches of rain in the 24-hour period ending at midnight, with heavier rain in the foothills that pushed the Cosumnes past its brink.
Highway 99 is closed in both directions in the area, with no estimated time for reopening. Several other roads near Wilton and Galt are also under several feet of water. Quiggle said that despite a flash flood warning, people continued to attempt to drive on flooded roads Sunday afternoon.
“We do still have significant risk, we have significantly high water levels and fast-moving water,” he said. “We’re still finding folks that were stranded last night and we continue to have people driving onto flooded roadways. We want everyone to stay on dry ground and do not drive your vehicle on flooded roadways.”