Sunday, May 2, 2010

Mayor's Office Confirms 4 Additional Flood Related Deaths

Channel 5 News Posted: May 02, 2010 8:16 PM CDT Nashville, Tenn.- Though the rains ceased, the flood waters were still rising into the night Sunday. Sunday evening, the mayor's office confirmed two bodies were recovered from a flooded house in Bellevue. Two bodies were recovered from an upside down car on Sawyer Brown Road in Bellevue near River Plantation. Janel Lacy from the Mayor's office said that makes five total deaths in Davidson County. She also mentioned two men are missing after three of them tied tubes together and tried to cross Mill Creek. One of the men made it to safety, but search crews are trying to locate the other men. Furthermore, the Mayor's office is asking Nashville residents to limit water use because they've had to close one of the water treatment plants.

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