AUSTIN, Texas — A person is missing after being washed away in a culvert off Burnet Road in central Austin during the storm early Saturday morning.
Austin-Travis County EMS medics, along with members of the Austin Fire and Police Departments, responded to a water rescue in the 5200 block of Burnet Road around 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning.
EMS says that a patient was washed away down stream, and that responders, including STAR Flight, were attempting to locate the individual.
Responders were unable to locate the victim after “an extensive search,” according to EMS. The search was discontinued at around 2:36 a.m.
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CBS Austin has reached out to EMS and APD for more information.