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Search continues for child swept away by floodwaters on Central Coast

More than 80 people were involved in the ongoing search in noirthern San Luis Obispo County on Wednesday for a five-year-old boy swept away by floodwaters on Monday.
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office
More than 80 people were involved in the ongoing search in northern San Luis Obispo County on Wednesday for a five-year-old boy swept away by floodwaters on Monday.

Mother, son caught in overflowing river. She was rescued, but the five-year-old boy is still missing.

The search continues for a five-year-old boy swept away by floodwaters on the Central Coast.

Kyle Doan was being driven to school in a pickup truck on a rural road near San Miguel Monday morning when he and his mother got caught in an overflowing creek. They both got out of the truck, but were caught in the floodwaters. Nearby residents pulled the mother out of the raging water to safety, but the little boy was swept away.

Search and Rescue team members looking for a missing boy caught up in floodwaters on the Central Coast Monday.
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office
Search and Rescue team members looking for a missing boy caught up in floodwaters on the Central Coast Monday.

Search and rescue teams from San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Sacramento Counties are involved in the effort to find the boy. They are also using a helicopter and drones in the effort.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.