Posted By: Hewson Beattie April 17, 2021 @ 11:26 pm Local News, News
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) Authorities say a person found inside a submerged vehicle in southeast Missouri has died. Cape Girardeau Fire Chief Randy Morris said a passerby spotted the tail-end of a vehicle sticking out of the water Friday at Little Ponderosa Lake and called police.
KFVS reports that when the fire department arrived, the vehicle was fully submerged. Divers checked the vehicle and found someone inside. The person was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
Authorities say the investigation is ongoing; no other details were immediately released.
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Person found in submerged vehicle in southeast Missouri dies
April 17, 2021
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) A person found inside a submerged vehicle in southeast Missouri has died, authorities say.
Cape Girardeau Fire Chief Randy Morris said a passerby spotted the tail-end of a vehicle sticking out of the water Friday at Little Ponderosa Lake and called police.
KFVS reports that when the fire department arrived, the vehicle was fully submerged. Divers checked the vehicle and found someone inside. The person was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
Authorities said the investigation was ongoing; no other details were immediately released.
Cape Girardeau Fire Dept. hopes to add more severe weather sirens to gap areas
Adding outdoor siren systems in Gap areas By Noelle Williams | March 16, 2021 at 9:56 PM CDT - Updated March 17 at 4:22 AM
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Severe weather season is upon us, and even with nine sirens in Cape Girardeau, there are still places that don’t hear them.
However, the Cape Girardeau Fire Department is hoping with their “Adopt a Siren” program, donations will fill the gaps.
“We’re wanting to have 100 percent coverage,” said Randy Morris, the interim fire chief for the Cape Girardeau Fire Department.
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