4-year-old dies after being swept away by floodwaters in North Texas

JOHNSON COUNTY – A 4-year-old child died after being swept away by floodwaters Sunday morning.

According to Johnson County Emergency Management, someone called 911 around 2 a.m. to report a car stuck in fast-moving water. The caller saw two adults and a young boy trying to get out of the car and get to land. But all three were washed away in the floods.

Johnson County Emergency Management Director Jamie Moore rushed to the scene of the accident on CR 528 in rural Johnson County. Police, firefighters and other first responders searched for the victims throughout the night.

A man and a woman were found around 5 a.m. and taken to a local hospital, but the four-year-old was found dead two hours later.

CBS News Texas reached out to the Johnson County Sheriff's Department to find out if the road was closed at the time of the incident and what the flood water level was in the area. We have not received a response yet.

This is a developing story.

*The child was originally identified as a 5-year-old. Johnson County Emergency Management and the Medical Examiner's Office identified the child as 4 years old.