Three campers from West Virginia are safe Sunday after their truck was was washed away by fast-moving water.
According to a Facebook post from Powell County Search & Rescue, the group was camping at the Middle Fork Campground at Natural Bridge State Park Saturday night, when a park ranger told them they needed to move to higher ground due to a flash flood.
They say the campers got in their pickup truck, and drove the wrong way into the swift water. The park ranger watched helplessly as the truck started to disappear beneath the water.
A woman was able to jump out of the truck and swim to shore, while a second camper got out after the truck drifted about 1000 feet downstream. Officials say the park ranger was able to throw a rope to the third person after the truck got stuck on a tree, and he was able to safely make it to shore.