Mayor Karl Dean’s office issued an update on the flooding impact in Davidson County Monday evening, including an increase in deaths from the surging floodwaters:
“…..The Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management has confirmed a total of ten fatalities in Davidson County that are thought to be flood related.
The body of an elderly man was recovered late this afternoon in a wooded area behind Kroger on Harding Road. His 65-year-old wife was recovered several hundred yards away. The couple was reportedly driving to church Sunday morning when their car was swept away by flood waters on Harding Road.
West Precinct detectives are on the scenes of two additional suspected flood-related deaths. An unidentified man’s body was recovered from standing water in the Indian Hills area of Bellevue. An elderly woman’s body was recovered from her River Plantation home.
The body of Robert Woods, 74, was recovered Monday morning near his W. Hamilton Avenue home. He was reportedly in his yard yesterday when he was swept away by flood waters.
The body of Joshua Lanotroop, 21, of Valley Way, was recovered Sunday near Bell Road and Blue Hole Road. He was swept away by flood waters in the area Saturday.
Andrew J. England, 78, and Martha England, 80, were found deceased Sunday evening inside their 908 Delray Drive home. They are believed to be the victims of a flash flood.
Two bodies were recovered Sunday from a vehicle found upside down in standing water on Sawyer Brown Road. Joseph Formosa, 88, and Bessie Formosa, 78, of Sawyer Brown Road attempted to drive across the flooded roadway when their vehicle was swept away.”
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