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A hypothermic toddler has been found clinging to her drowned mother after they were swept away from their vehicle in southeast Texas late Tuesday, according to police.

The woman and her daughter were driving south through central Beaumont — a city some 75 miles northeast of Houston near the border with Louisiana — when their vehicle got stuck in high water, said police.

The woman then pulled into a parking lot and fled the car with her child, Beaumont Police Department said in a statement on Facebook. Police believe she was then swept away into a flooded drainage canal before floating about half a mile away from her vehicle. Officers and two fire rescue divers later spotted the mother and daughter while patrolling the area in a boat. Police said they plucked the pair from the water moments before the two slipped under a floating railroad trestle.

Rescuers found the woman unresponsive and the child suffering from hypothermia, according to officials. They tried to revive the mother but she never regained consciousness. The child was in a stable condition.

Police did not say how old the girl is, although the Associated Press reported she was 18-months-old.

The pair's identities are being withheld until family members have been notified.

While not making the news, I just found out my cousin in Houston just lost his wife due to sepsis infection. They were trapped in their flooded house for 3-days, she had recently had kidney surgery and was unable to return to the hospital, as her condition continued to worsen. They did get rescued yesterday but, it was too late and they lost her on the way to the hospital. I only met her once but, from all accounts she was the loving mother and wife that we all wish, she was 36.

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Originally posted by corsair:
While not making the news, I just found out my cousin in Houston just lost his wife due to sepsis infection. They were trapped in their flooded house for 3-days, she had recently had kidney surgery and was unable to return to the hospital, as her condition continued to worsen. They did get rescued yesterday but, it was too late and they lost her on the way to the hospital. I only met her once but, from all accounts she was the loving mother and wife that we all wish, she was 36.

My condolences, that is terrible.

My prayers for your cousin, his children and your family.

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Originally posted by corsair:
While not making the news, I just found out my cousin in Houston just lost his wife due to sepsis infection. They were trapped in their flooded house for 3-days, she had recently had kidney surgery and was unable to return to the hospital, as her condition continued to worsen. They did get rescued yesterday but, it was too late and they lost her on the way to the hospital. I only met her once but, from all accounts she was the loving mother and wife that we all wish, she was 36.

All terrible.

Condolences sent.