Lindsy Doan didn’t think the water flowing over the creek crossing on San Marcos Road was deeper than normal when she tried navigating it in her SUV while driving her 5-year-old son to school.
Mom, it s OK. Just be calm.
Those were the last words a little boy said to his mother before his fingers slipped away from hers and he was swept away Monday on California s central coast.
The mother of a 5-year-old missing in floodwaters from California’s winter storms says she thought it was safe to drive across a creek flowing over the road.