
Mother, Child Die in Floodwaters.
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A mother and child are swept away by floodwaters in Hart County.
A mother and child have died after their car was swept away by floodwaters in Hart County. It happened on Bacon Creek in the Bonnieville community.
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Mother, Child Die in Floodwaters.
Clip: Season 3 Episode 188 | 2m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
A mother and child have died after their car was swept away by floodwaters in Hart County. It happened on Bacon Creek in the Bonnieville community.
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To South Central Kentucky where a mother and child have died after their car was swept away by flood waters.
It happened on Bacon Creek and the Bonneville community.
Our Laura Rodgers brings us more from Hart County is our Kentucky floods.
Coverage continues.
It came down like from goalie washers, Saturday's torrential downpour dropping more than 4.3 inches of rain on Hart County.
>> In a single day.
>> It's flooded every where we have had so much rain.
The banks, the creeks can handle that much rain.
That includes Bacon Creek Ambani bill known to rise when there's heavy rainfall have seen the Banking creek out of its banks.
Many times this time turning deadly.
It's >> tragic time.
The whole park County, a woman and her 7 year-old daughter driving onto the flooded campground road Saturday Night Car got stuck.
>> And that being swept away into the tree line over here.
Behind me corner Anthony Roberts says the victim Amy Philpott's was able to call someone who alerted first responders from service down here is not real well and she actually got out to somebody.
Police, fire and rescue agencies from across the county responding to the scene, recovering the child's body Saturday evening.
We worked up to probably think was 2 o'clock in the morning before we finally had to call.
>> The rescue because it got too treacherous to search.
And rescue efforts resumed Sunday morning.
The car and Phil Kuntz body were recovered Sunday afternoon.
>> Our community is devastated, really devastated by this.
>> Class.
And as a lifelong resident of it, though, thank you, Chris.
Cotter Creek.
In a lot of times.
People would say it's a river in full, fairly large creek.
They deny when he and his family have lived on campground road for 10 years says the bridge is often under water after heavy rainfall.
The approach to the bridge is a sharp turn to the left.
We could easily come up on water and not know it.
I just can't get home.
Jonelle Reynolds lives in the neighboring Price poll.
I had to stay in a hotel room last night.
Her road impassable due to flood waters.
We are sitting here.
It came around her watching the water to go down and hopefully pray to God that we can get in this afternoon or tonight since this interview, the water receding for Reynolds to return home.
And it's not just body Ville and Hart County affected by flash flooding.
>> Here at Munfordville at Selma Stovall Park, the Green River overflowing its banks waiving the playground equipment, picnic area and soccer field all under water for Kentucky edition.
I'm Laura Rogers.
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