UPDATE (1:05 p.m., June 18):
The body found in the wash has been identified as 44-year-old Tiffanie A. Miguel. Tucson Police have not confirmed that Miguel was the person swept away by flash flood waters, Wednesday evening.
UPDATE (10:56 a.m., June 18):
This morning, TPD officers responded to the area of the Santa Cruz wash, south of W. Silverlake Rd. for the report of a possibe body in the wash. TPD along with Tucson Fire crews responded and located a deceased adult female. The investigation is ongoing and no further details are available at the moment.
UPDATE (9:49 a.m., June 18):
Tucson Fire said in a social media post late Wednesday that ten people were rescued from the Santa Cruz River and one is still missing.
According to the post, Fire crews responded to a swift water rescue call at 5:28 p.m. near 1234 W. Ajo Way, following the afternoon storm.
Crews arrived to find eight people stranded at the exit of a concrete tunnel in the river, the post said.
Three individuals had already been swept away. Two of them were pulled out with throw bags.
The eight still in the tunnel were rescued using a ground ladder and rescue ring, the post said.
Firefighters looked for the missing person on both sides of the river down to Silverlake Road, but the person could not be found.
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The Tucson Fire Department confirmed one person is missing at a swift water rescue on Wednesday near the Santa Cruz River, after responding to an area near I-19 and West Ajo Way.
Eleven people were confirmed to be involved, and ten have been located safely.
One person is missing.
Details remained limited as crews worked the scene.
TFD has not yet released information on the number of people rescued, their conditions, or what led to the rescue.
This is a developing story.
KGUN9 will update this article as more information becomes available.
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