Search continues in Branson for missing Arkansas woman
BRANSON MO NEWS: BRANSON, Mo. (KSPR) – The search continues for the body of a woman who was swept away in flash flooding on Saturday night. Police say her car went into swift water on Fall Creek Road, near the Cooper Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Two people in the car were killed. Search crews found Antonio Finley, 37, and Kaliea Munn, 17, along Fall Creek on Sunday. Two people made it out of the car alive, but Whitney McDonald, 31, is missing.
Now, officers are focusing their search on Lake Taneycomo.
“I feel so sorry for this family. I know if Whitney had it to do over again, she probably would have made another choice,” said Police Chief Stan Dobbins.
Dobbins says all five people in the car were visiting Branson from Nashville, Ark., and they were unfamiliar with the area. He says McDonald was driving the car on Saturday night.
“They realized the water was deeper than anticipated. They stopped and were attempting to back out of the water when they were washed away,” said Dobbins.
Dobbins says no one ever expected Fall Creek to get as high as it did. “Anyone that entered it did not have a chance to battle that water,” …
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