Jun 06, 2022

Water over Falun Road puts two vehicles in rain-filled ditch

Posted Jun 06, 2022 3:53 PM
<b>Water was running over Falun Road about a half-mile east of&nbsp; S. Burma Road in southwestern Saline County Saturday after heavy rains dumped on the area.</b> Photos courtesy Saline County Sheriff's Office&nbsp;
Water was running over Falun Road about a half-mile east of  S. Burma Road in southwestern Saline County Saturday after heavy rains dumped on the area. Photos courtesy Saline County Sheriff's Office 

By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post

FALUN - Two Saline County residents added supporting evidence to the concept that it isn't safe to attempt to drive through water over roadways, and they did so at the same location.

<b>This Mercedes was the first car in the water.</b>
This Mercedes was the first car in the water.

Deputies were first sent to Falun Road about a half mile east of S. Burma Road at approximately 11:30 a.m. Saturday for the report of a vehicle in a water-filled ditch. Breanna Call, 30, of Falun, was westbound on Falun Road in a 1980 Mercedes when the car either hydroplaned or was washed into the ditch, Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan said this morning.

<b>This Buick also ended up in the water-filled ditch.</b>
This Buick also ended up in the water-filled ditch.

Then, at approximately 3:50 p.m. Saturday, deputies were sent to the same location for the report of a 2013 Buick Verano driven by Karlee York, 31, of Salina, that had hydroplaned into the ditch, Soldan said.

Neither woman was injured.

Soldan said water tends to spill over that stretch of Falun Road when it rains.