Car Sinks in Floodwaters on Live TV During WTEV-WAWS Severe Weather Coverage

By Andrew Gauthier on June 11, 2012 10:14 AM

A car sank in a flooded creek behind WTEV-WAWS during the stations’ severe weather coverage, making for a tense moment of live TV (video above).

It turned out that a teenager, along with a friend, was driving the car and, confused by the rising waters, took a wrong turn into a creek. Both young men escaped to safety, but the car was ruined.

Following the incident, the joint Jacksonville stations orchestrated some more live TV drama when a local car dealership surprised the kid with a new car. Video inside…

[Via Florida News Center]

Tags: WAWS, WTEV

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