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A Houston police officer has died in his submerged patrol car.
The Houston Chronicle reports that the officer was a 30-year veteran of the department and got trapped in his patrol car in high water in the predawn hours of Sunday.
The Chronicle reports that the officer tried to escape his car, but was unable to.
The officer's death is the 15th fatality in Texas claimed by Hurricane Harvey or the rains it spawned after making landfall.
The Houston Chronicle has more details.
BREAKING: Houston Police officer drowns in Harvey floodwatershttps://t.co/Cv6zCGh44w
— St. John Barned-Smith ⚔️ (@stjbs) August 29, 2017
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