This kid couldn’t be more than 8 and apparently thought it was a good idea to drive his child sized ATV through a flooded wash where the water was carrying trees at high speed.
A child on an ATV tried to cross a flooded road in North Surprise.(Photo: William Pitts)
This kid made it about halfway across, then found the giant divot taken out of the road.Canada Goose online I was convinced he was going to tip over and be swept downstream. What really bothered me were the four adults who sat there and said nothing while this kid drove into the wash.
Jacked up pickup trucks were having issues crossing this and an 8 year old was driving into it on what’s basically an oversized Big Wheel.
We got hit with another big rain storm about an hour ago, just when we thought the freeway was getting better. The rain was coming down so hard I thought it was hail. It’s always a little eerie when you can see the sheets of hard rain moving across the road and coming right at you.
the lanes that were closed on I 17 are open now. We’re now heading to a water rescue that I listened to while going live on the freeway.
Most pressing, I 17 is down to one lane because a wash overflowed, sending water, dirt and debris all over the place. It looks like the Colorado River over here. Water is making rapids two and three feet tall. The lane nearest the median is open, but it’s only going to get worse.
We were at Carefree Highway just West of I 17 a few minutes ago and we thought we’d be safe shooting video of the water flowing over the highway. After all it hadn’t been raining for a while. Pretty soon we noticed the water was actually RISING. 19 storms.