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PHOTO: Car floats into White Oak Bayou

Amanda Cochran, Digital Special Projects Manager

Published: May 19, 2021 at 7:34 AMUpdated: May 19, 2021 at 8:28 AM

HOUSTON – A car floated into the White Oak Bayou Wednesday morning.

Houston firefighters said they spotted that the gray car with tinted windows had slipped into the swollen waterway just before 7 a.m.

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There’s no word yet on the driver, but KPRC 2 is working to find out more as information becomes available.

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