(Spencer, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in northwest Iowa have identified a man who died Saturday, after his vehicle was swept away by flood waters. According to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, William Schulze, of Elburn, Illinois, was driving a red Ford vehicle and attempting to cross rapid flood waters on 240th Avenue, when he was swept away in the flood waters from the Little Sioux River on Saturday. Witnesses told officers they saw a vehicle float under the waters.
Authorities said they knew where the vehicle was, but weren’t able to get to it safely until Monday.