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Cosumnes Fire Crews Rescue Woman From Flooding, Take Her To Father's Funeral

SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) – Fire crews made sure a woman they rescued from flood waters wouldn't be late for her father's funeral.

The Cosumnes Fire Department has been dealing with multiple rescues in the Lambert Road area Thursday morning.

A little before noon, crews were called to rescue a woman who got stranded in her car near Lambert and Point Pleasant roads. The woman had called family when her car stalled in moving, flooded waters; her family then called 911.

Firefighters were soon at the scene and rescued her. She then mentioned that she was on her way to her father's funeral.

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The woman says she got trapped in flood waters while on the way to her father's funeral. (Credit: Cosumnes Fire Department)

Reassuring her she would not be late, Cosumnes Fire says firefighters drove her directly to the funeral.

Cosumnes Fire reports they've rescued more than a dozen people from the Point Pleasant area since Thursday morning. No one has been hurt; they were just trapped by flood waters.

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