People ‘complained for years’ of road flooding where Liverpool couple died

Carl Cashman, a Lib Dem councillor, said the drainage system on the road was more than 100 years old. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Residents in the area where an elderly couple died after their car drove into a flooded road said they had been complaining to the council to fix and prevent the recurrent problem for years.

Elaine and Philip Marco, who were 75 and 77, were found inside a submerged black Mercedes on Queens Drive between North Mossley Hill Road and Dovedale Road on Saturday evening. Police were alerted at 9.20pm.