Heavy Rain Blamed for Two Deaths in Texas

CROWLEY, Texas (AP) -- Two people, including a woman swept away by rushing water, died Sunday as heavy rain moved through North Texas.

The woman drowned after being swept away as she tried to cross a rain-swollen creek, Crowley police said. Two children with the woman were not hurt. The drowning occurred near a park in Crowley, about 10 miles south of Fort Worth.

Dive crews from the Fort Worth Fire Department found the woman's body in a drainage pipe, Dallas-Fort Worth television station KDFW reported.

The rain also was blamed for a fatal car accident in the Dallas suburb of Irving.

Police said a man was killed when he lost control of his car on rain-slickened Texas 114 and it slammed into a bridge column. No other vehicles were involved.