Urgent search underway for 2-year-old boy swept away by flood waters
By KABC Staff
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BARSTOW, California (KABC) — A search was underway for a 2-year-old boy who was swept away by flood waters in the Barstow area.
The boy’s family says Xavier Padilla was swept away around 6:30 p.m. Thursday along Main Street while in the car with his father.
We’re told the father tried to get the toddler to safety but the current was too strong and he lost him in the river.
The boy’s father was rescued and taken to the hospital, and has since been released.
Xavier’s aunt, Leanna, told Eyewitness News police suspended the official search until daylight Friday.
“We have a bunch of volunteers out here who are still looking,” she said. “If you guys can, if you live in the area, if you have bright lights… anything that can help us look through the dirt, the mud – anything to help us look for him and find him, we greatly appreciate it.”
Xavier was last seen with black pants and shirt, as well as black and white Nike shoes.
He is about 46 inches tall, weighs about 28 pounds with light brown curly hair. He also has autism and is nonverbal.
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