A teenage girl tragically lost her life after saving her family from a van submerged in the raging Texas floodwaters.
Malaya Hammond, 17, bravely saved her family from the van that fell into the vicious waters on July 5 before she was swept away in the strong currents.
Following the deadly floods that raged through the Southern state over the July Fourth weekend, the Hammond family were making their way to a Christian summer camp when tragedy struck.
As they drove over the Cow Creek Bridge in the heavy rain and dark conditions, the family ended up driving off a cliff due to flooding across the bridge.
'With no time to stop, their minivan plunged into a raging river. Their 17-year-old daughter, Malaya, heroically managed to open the door, allowing the entire family to escape,' a family friend, Mikki Willis, wrote on Facebook.
