The Bandera County Sheriff's Office said a woman was recovered from a submerged vehicle after floodwaters swept her downstream Monday morning. The search involved deputies, firefighters, a DPS helicopter and volunteers.
Woman called 911 after her vehicle was swept into a creek by fast-moving floodwaters before authorities found the vehicle hours later, sheriff’s office says Bandera County Sheriff Josh Teitge said the sheriff’s office received a call from the woman on Monday around 5:30 a.m. She told authorities her car was moving into the creek due to fast-moving water near Lower Mason Creek Road near Chipman Lane.
The woman began floating downstream at a high rate and was unable to exit her vehicle, the sheriff’s office said. Moments later, the call disconnected, but first responders were able to pinpoint her cell phone’s last known location. Immediately after, the sheriff’s office announced a search and recovery effort. The Pipe Creek Fire Department, the Medina Fire Department, the Center Point Volunteer Fire Department, and other law enforcement agencies joined the search for the missing woman.
Franco Gurerro, owner of Guardian Search and Rescue Group, told KSAT they used his drone to search the area’s perimeter.
“It could be a stranger, it could be you,” Gurerro said. “We are the eyes in the skies. With drones, you can search an acre pretty fast. Having boots on the ground and the tools we have, it helps with finding her.
”Shortly after 4:30 p.m. Monday, the Bandera County Sheriff’s Office found the woman’s vehicle several miles downstream from the road’s entry point. The vehicle was found completely submerged with her inside, according to Teitge. Alexis Scott Alexis Scott joined KSAT 12 as a reporter in April 2026. Scott has covered city and county politics, breaking news, the historic water crisis impacting South Texas and the Uvalde school shooting trial.
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