RUMFORD FALLS TIMES • December 19, 2023
Two people remained missing Tuesday night after the vehicle they were in was swept off the Red Bridge by floodwaters from the Swift River on Monday night, officials said. Mexico police said that shortly before 5 p.m. Monday, a vehicle carrying four people was traveling Route 2 and the driver tried unsuccessfully to cross the Red Bridge into Rumford. As the driver tried to turn around the vehicle was swept into the river. Three people were able to get out of the car; two of them were rescued and taken to Rumford Hospital where they were treated for hypothermia. The the third person, along with the fourth person who was last seen in the car, remain missing.