High Water Rescue on Cummins Creek
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Ledbetter firefighters get ready to rescue local truck driver Tomas Garza after his rig washed off Goehring Road at Cummins Creek Monday afternoon. Photo by Andy Behlen
A local truck driver required rescue after floodwaters swept his semi rig into Cummins Creek near Ledbetter on Monday, May 26.
The incident happened around 3:30 p.m. Tomas Garza, 68 of West Point, was driving a truck-tractor pulling an oilfield tanker south on Goehring Road. When Garza attempted to cross the low water crossing at Cummins Creek, the rig slipped off the left side of the embankment…
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