Married poll workers drown in Missouri floods on way to election site [Video]

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A married couple in Missouri volunteering as poll workers on Tuesday died tragically in flash floods that rocked southern and eastern parts of the state on Election Day, according to local officials.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Eddie Young told Fox News Digital that the 70-year-old man and 73-year-old woman were in one of three vehicles that washed off the roadway in rising floodwater on State Route H in Wright County around 4 a.m. Tuesday.

“Three other individuals swam to safety,” Young said.

The couple, who were on their way to a voting site, also tried to swim to safety, and witnesses reported seeing them hanging onto a bush, but they ultimately did not survive the rising waters.

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