DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Crews worked for hours Thursday morning to drain an area of standing water in an apartment complex parking lot in DeKalb County.
NewsChopper 2 was over the scene where a car got stuck on Fairington Parkway south of Interstate 20 on Thursday morning.
⚠️BEWARE OF STANDING WATER! This DeKalb County motorist learned the lesson the hard way here on Fairington Pkwy! @wsbradio #skycopter pic vis @wsbtv #captncam #ATLtraffic pic.twitter.com/9Jb2vSMXDj
— Mark McKay (@mckayWSB) January 24, 2019
TRAVEL ADVISORY: Dekalb Co.; Vehicle Stuck in the Water: Fairington Pkwy South of I-20; https://t.co/RuPa64SzPC; #ATLtraffic pic.twitter.com/0kbsudRDOf
— Triple Team Traffic (@WSBTraffic) January 24, 2019
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Channel 2's Audrey Washington saw the flooded area around 11 a.m.
ALERT:
— Audrey Washington (@AudreyWSBTV) January 24, 2019
This is what happened when a driver tried to make it through a flooded DeKalb County street.
Hear from a woman, who got stuck in the SAME SPOT 4 years ago, next.@wsbtv pic.twitter.com/7boZ8MbEnz
She saw crews working to drain the area.
RIGHT NOW:
— Audrey Washington (@AudreyWSBTV) January 24, 2019
DPW crews are working to drain the flooded street in DeKalb County.
I'm LIVE with the details, next.@wsbtv pic.twitter.com/QSsmDYuHWG
Many of the people in the community told Washington that each time it rains, the same road floods.
Washington spoke with a woman who got stuck in the same spot four years ago.
“It looks good, but it’s kind of deep. It’s deep water and when you see someone come through here, you’ll see how deep. It comes up to their doors,” Shaquisha Owens said.
A DeKalb County spokesperson told Channel 2 Action News that the flooding was caused by a blockage in the drainage system between the county storm drain and the privately maintained drainage system of a nearby apartment complex. They said they will work with the complex to fix the issues.
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