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Radio station
WJBD in Salem, Illinois, reported on Sunday the family was
driving near the village of Patoka, 85 miles east of St. Louis,
Missouri, when the car was washed away by the floodwaters.
WJBD said an emergency crew made contact with the people in the
car, but the waters dragged them away and they were later found
dead inside the vehicle.
A dispatcher with the Marion County Sheriff's Office confirmed
the five deaths but provided no additional information.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Peter
Cooney)
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