A man died at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland after becoming trapped in his vehicle during what Air Force officials described as “a severe flash flood incident” over the weekend.
JBSA officials said Lackland firefighters were dispatched Saturday night to Hill Street but provided few other details.
The road is in the base’s Security Hill area and has a history of flooding, a JBSA-Lackland spokeswoman said. No deaths had previously been reported there, she added.
The area is marked with signs warning motorists about flooding during severe weather.
“It’s a very unfortunate circumstance,” she said, adding that authorities “are still trying to figure out what happened.”
JBSA-Lackland did not identify the victim, describe the vehicle, say whether the victim was an airman or provide the time firefighters were dispatched.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene and their identity was being withheld pending notification of next of kin, according to a JBSA news release.