Boy, 4, found dead after being swept away by floodwaters in North Texas

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Boy, 4, found dead after being swept away by floodwaters in North Texas
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Three people were swept into flood waters in Johnson County after trying to escape a trapped car. Two adults were taken to the hospital and a 4-year-old died.

A little boy was found dead hours after being swept away by floodwaters in North Texas early Sunday morning.

First responders and other emergency personnel immediately went to the scene and began searching for the victims. The boy’s mother, Chelsey Warren, struggles to understand how life will go without Lucas. The four-year-old boy was her only child, a miracle baby who spent weeks in the NICU after he was born.On Saturday night, Chelsey, her husband, and Lucas visited a family at a house in Johnson County. They set back out for home early Sunday morning along a stretch of County Road 528.

“And a current came up real high, and he just let go,” Chelsey Warren said. “And I didn’t hear anything from him. I think he just went under.”

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