Watch a man’s dramatic rescue as his car swept away during raging floods in Charlotte
Video showed the daring rescue of a driver as raging floodwaters carried a car down Briar Creek in east Charlotte on Tuesday afternoon.
A major storm dumped 2.5 inches of rain on Charlotte, causing widespread flooding.
A bridge stopped the car in the water at the Windsor Harbor apartments off Shamrock Drive.
Residents rushed in with a wooden beam and rammed the passenger window until it broke, freeing the driver.
They then pulled him out of the submerged car to safety.
A swift water rescue team was then sent to the apartment community.
No one was reported hurt.
Watch the video below.
Joe Marusak
The Charlotte Observer