A two‑year‑old boy was found dead Friday after his father’s car was swept off the road by floodwaters during storms in Barstow, California, triggering a roughly 20‑hour search.
The child, Xavier Padilla Aguilera, was separated from his father, 26‑year‑old Brandon Padilla Aguilera, around 7:14 p.m. Thursday when their vehicle was swept off Main Street during flooding, the Barstow Police Department said in a news release on Facebook.
