HELMSBURG — A 43-year-old Brown County woman was rescued early July 11 after she drove her car through high water on State Road 45.

Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Josh Stargell responded to the rescue at the intersection of State Road 45 and Helmsburg School Road along with Deputy Scott Bowling and volunteers from the Jackson Township Volunteer Fire Department just before 6 a.m.

The county had received a “significant amount of rainfall” in the early morning hours, causing flash flooding, Stargell’s report said.

The water was knee high and the driver was sitting on top of her vehicle because water had risen as high as the car’s seats inside. She was taken to safety by the firefighters.

The driver told police she was driving east on 45 when she came across the high water and it was too late to avoid it, the report said. The vehicle was 100 feet into the floodwaters.

The vehicle was towed; the driver was not injured.