WAYNE COUNTY — A Wayne County woman says she had to be rescued from her car after being trapped in high water as the county continues to see historic flooding.
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News Center 7’s Amber Jenkins spent the evening in Wayne County. Hear more from the woman on how she was rescued from her car tonight on News Center 7 at 11.
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Delana Oaks said rainy days mean a lot of food orders to deliver in Wayne County, but on this rainy day, roads flooded fast.
“When I got out close to where the delivery was, there was a high water sign on the right-hand side of the road,” Oaks said. “And the left-hand side of the road, there wasn’t that much water, so I just drove to the left side of the road and went a little ways and started getting deeper and deeper; and then all of the sudden, then there’s just a lot of water.”
For 15 minutes, Oaks was stuck in her car, in flooded water.
“Just kept getting higher and higher,” she said, adding that it was almost up to her chest.
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