May 14 (UPI) -- The body of a 12-year-old boy in Virginia was found Wednesday after he was swept away by floodwaters that hit the region after heavy rain the day before.
On Tuesday, emergency personnel received a call at about 5:30 p.m. local time to report a "swift water rescue" after a young boy was taken by rushing water near a roadway after a creek overflowed in central Virginia's Albemarle County.
The search was called off after three hours when it got to dark but resumed in the Crozet area off Interstate 64 near Charlottesville.
"Search crews in the area of Newtown Road located a deceased individual, believed to be missing 12-year-old Jordan Sims," the Albemarle County Fire Department said just before 8:45 a.m. Wednesday morning.
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