Authorities discovered a missing teen dead in a submerged vehicle in Houston County floodwaters, sparking an investigation by Crockett police. <\/p>\n
HOUSTON COUNTY, Texas \u2014 A teenager reported missing was found dead Saturday inside a submerged vehicle in floodwaters in Houston County, said Sheriff Zak Benge.<\/p>\n
According to the Houston County Sheriff\u2019s Office, deputies were called around 11 a.m. after the teen failed to return home near Crockett following a trip to the Houston County Lake area.<\/p>\n
Search crews focused on searching areas along FM 229 known to flood during heavy rain.<\/p>\n
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers reviewed footage from a Flock camera system to track the vehicle\u2019s last known direction of travel, said Benge.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At about 1:45 p.m., Houston County Emergency Management Coordinator Trent Thomas noticed damage to a guardrail while driving along Loop 304.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Thomas and a sheriff\u2019s deputy later found a front bumper with the teen\u2019s license plate about 70 yards down a creek, and about 30 yards farther downstream, the roof of a submerged vehicle was seen.<\/p>\n
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, already working in the area, due to flooding concerns, responded to the scene along with Houston County Search and Rescue.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Crews recovered the teen\u2019s body shortly after arriving, said Benge.<\/p>\n
Authorities have not released the teen\u2019s identity.<\/p>\n
The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the Crockett Police Department.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a tragic event that will affect many of this young man\u2019s family and friends,\u201d said Benge.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities discovered a missing teen dead in a submerged vehicle in Houston County floodwaters, sparking an investigation by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-344952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}