Crews rescue driver stranded on flooded road

ATLANTA — Talk about a close call. The driver of a car says he swerved to miss a falling tree and then ended up in rising water.

He was trapped until help arrived.

Channel 2's Audrey Washington talked to the driver, Ricardo Roberson, who he wasn't hurt when he swerved to avoid the tree on Boulder Park Drive SW in Atlanta. But then he started to notice the water around him to rise.

That’s when he called 911.

The Atlanta Fire Swift Water Rescue Team arrived and pulled Roberson safely from the car. They said there was about 2 to 3 feet of water around the car and debris from a pond in the roadway.

Officials don’t know if the road underneath washed out.

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Either way, Roberson is thankful he’s OK.

“The officer got and asked if I was OK because he was standing on the other side because the water was rising so high and I said, ‘I’m good.’ And he said, ‘I’ve got help on the way,’” Roberson said.

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