Alyssa Ramirez, a homecoming queen and cheerleader, died after flood waters swept her car off the road. She joins a growing list of victims from the devastating floods that have swamped the Great Plains.
Ramirez, 18, was about 50 miles from San Antonio, Texas, and just minutes from Devine, a small town where she was on her high school's cheer, tennis, and volleyball teams, according to Fox San Antonio. She was only a few miles from her home.
The entire region has been battered by relentless rain and flooding since the weekend, and when Ramirez's car stalled, "she did the right things," her aunt Roberta Ramirez told Fox San Antonio.
"She called 911," Roberta said. "She called her father, but it was just too much and too quick."
After getting the call, Ramirez's parents left to search for her. But before they could find her, the car was swept away in the flood.
Crews later found her body.
Ramirez was a homecoming queen last year and the student council president at her school. In the wake of her death, family and friends have spoken out about how the positive influence she had on those around her.
"Every time you walk by her, she was smiling, lightened up everybody's mood," Shay Agbert, a friend, told Fox San Antonio.
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