MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. — Authorities say a man and woman died on Wednesday after their ATV was washed away by a flood near Camp Creek.
According to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, witnesses reported seeing an ATV floating and tumbling down a flooded wash area near Camp Creek as rainfall started to come down Wednesday afternoon across the Valley.
Kymberly Westhoff caught the monsoon madness Wednesday. She owns ravens view wine bar, which is about a mile from the blue wash trailhead.
“It just came through so heavy,” said Westhoff. The conditions were so bad Westhoff ordered all staff and customers to stay inside as raging rain flooded the roads.
Deputies happened to be in this area and attempted to rescue several individuals caught in the floods. MCSO thought everyone had been accounted for until they got a call from an off-road rental company that was missing one of its vehicles.
The company said the ATV was rented out to someone planning to drive it around the Camp Creek area.
On Thursday, deputies returned to Camp Creek and searched for the missing ATV.
They eventually found it buried in sand and debris.
A deceased man and woman were located inside the vehicle. MCSO has not released their identities and the case is still under investigation.
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