Franklin county officials have identified the man who drowned in an irrigation canal on Taylor Flats Road near Ringold Road, and they say it happened hours before the car was seen.
The Coroner's office says after an examination, it appears 56-year-old Donaciano Flores-Figueroa likely drove into the canal sometime after midnight Sunday night or very early Monday morning...
Franklin County Sheriff's have begun an investigation into a drowning that occurred sometime around 6:30am Monday.
A farmer, according to sources, called 911 to report either seeing the car go into, or noticed it was already in the major irrigation canal near Taylor Flats Road north of Pasco, near Ringold Road
The silver sedan was completely submerged by the time officials and Columbia Basin Dive
Tuesday afternoon, Kennewick police responded to an unusual type of crash, huge trailer loaded with gravel vs. an irrigation canal.
Authorities say the large landscape dump trailer loaded with decorating rock detatched itself from the truck pulling it, and ended up in the main canal near 52nd and Olympia streets...
Friday morning, a felon's aquatic skills were NOT on display when he tried running from Kennewick police. The canal he jumped into is circled in image.
You probably remember THIS guy, May 9th he was arrested for illegally driving his SUV on a private KID canal access road in Kennewick. He lost control and dumped it into the canal. Well, this weekend he was busted for taking somebody else's car--without asking first.