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As Roy Ortiz’s car filled with fast-moving water, he thought about his family and prayed. He tried not to panic.
Ortiz, who was driving to work just before 6 a.m. Thursday on Dillon Road near U.S. 287, saw the street was flooded. He tried to stop, but became trapped in his car when a bridge collapse caused him to slide off the road into Rock Creek.
The Broomfield resident he called his wife, then 911. Before he could escape, two more vehicles crashed into the same creek, causing his car to flip over in the water.
Ortiz survived by positioning his head in a small air bubble near the back of his car.
Read more of the article at BroomfieldEnterprise.com.
