TUESDAY AFTERNOON’S DOWNPOUR IN ABQ LEADS TO THE DEATH OF A MAN SWEPT AWAY FROM FLOOD WATERS IN AN ARROYO NEAR EDITH AND ROY. A CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT CREW ATTEMPTED A SWIFT WATER RESCUE, BUT COULDN’T SAVE THE PERSON.
APD OFFICERS WERE FIRST SENT TO AN AREA NEAR MORNINGSIDE WHERE A MAN WAS SAID TO BE THREATENING TO DRIVE HIS VEHICLE INTO THE ARROYO. WITNESSES LATER REPORTED SEEING A PERSON FLOATING FACE-DOWN IN THE NORTH DIVERSION CHANNEL. THE BODY WAS FINALLY PULLED FROM THE WATER NEAR RIO GRANDE AND ALAMEDA.
THE VICTIM WAS NOT THE SAME MAN THREATENING SUICIDE.
