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Houston Police searching for missing driver of submerged vehicle

A driver is missing after he drove his vehicle into a ditch.  According to police investigators, the driver was involved in the auto accident when he appeared to be trying to turn from the Beltway 8 southbound frontage lanes onto a side road early Tuesday morning.

Nobody was seen emerging from the vehicle after it hit the water.  Authorities believe the driver may still be inside.

The Houston Police Department sent a dive team out to search for the driver of the dark sport utility vehicle which hit the water near Interstate 10.  Rescue work is dangerous in that area, and emergency responders have to take special precautions.

Rescue divers had to swim a one-mile length of conduit under the Katy Freeway to search for the vehicle.  The conduits terminate at a pump station.

Severe weather around Houston was contributed to several other accidents that required other water rescues by emergency responders.

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