Authorities urge you not to drive into floodwaters over roadway

Emergency officials are stressing that you should not drive around high-water barricades or road closing signs.

Rescue workers in area counties have had to perform many water rescues over the weekend after drivers found themselves trapped after driving into floodwaters.

Toby Ortman, head of the Jackson County Emergency Management office explains that you are not just putting yourself at risk.

Bartholomew County Sheriff Chris Lane said yesterday that the county swift water rescue team had also been on two weekend calls to rescue those in homeless encampments trapped by the flood waters.

Photo courtesy of Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department