WILMINGTON, NC – SEPTEMBER 16: People watch as a truck plows through a flooded street, on September 16, 2018 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Hurricane Florence hit Wilmington as a category 1 storm causing widespread damage and flooding across North Carolina. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
(Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)A Union County toddler missing in flood waters from Florence has been found dead.
According to WSOC, the one-year-old child's mother was driving on NC-218 when she allegedly drove across a barricaded section of the roadway towards Wadesboro.
It is not known at this time why the woman drove through a barricaded section of the roadway.
Soon after, the woman found herself in the middle of a flood emergency, as her vehicle traveled along an area of water rushing across the road.
The mother was able to get herself and her toddler, identified as Kaiden Lee-Welch, out of the car, but sadly, the child was swept away by the floods.
The woman was taken to the hospital last night.
Her condition is not known at this time.
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