By Associated Press - Tuesday, July 11, 2017

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Tucson firefighters rescued a woman who was trapped by storm runoff in a drainage tunnel on the city’s north side.

The Fire Department says the woman was sleeping in the drainage tunnel early Tuesday morning when she was swept into grates near the Rillito (ree-YEE’-toh) River.

Firefighters cut metal bars to free the woman, who wasn’t injured.



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