NorthEscambia.com reports this morning that Betty Faye Word, age 67, drowned in flood waters on Highway 29 in Cantonment Tuesday night.
The Florida Highway Patrol said she was traveling headed southbound on Highway 29 and entered water across the roadway. Her 2005 Mercedes CLK330 then entered the western shoulder of the roadway and became submerged in deeper. Word was unable to exit her vehicle, according to the FHP, and was pronounced deceased at the scene.