Cars get stuck in flooded streets along border of Bridgeport and Stratford
Several cars were left abandoned
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Monday's rain led to street flooding at the border of Bridgeport and Stratford, with several cars getting stuck.
"People want to think that they know it all. They want to get by it, but no," said Jeygar Vargas, who was working to tow some cars out of the mess. "They know not to go underwater...it's simple as that, people want to take risks."
At least two cars were trapped under the train tracks on Bishop Avenue in Bridgeport.
While Vargas got one of them out, the other had just been left there abandoned.
"That's going to need some work to get out, and especially mechanical - so that's totaled. They're going to total that vehicle," he predicted.
A block over on Bruce Avenue in Stratford, a whole van was stuck.
"We called the police, like 'You put some sign or some cars to like stop no go over there,'" said Abbas Jauffary, who works on the corner right near the flooding. "This is like a hill that goes down."
There is drainage built into the area, but Monday, it looked like it was overwhelmed.
On Bishop, the storm drain was completely underwater. Across the street, a manhole cover appeared to be overflowing, with water shooting out of it.
"This bridge and the next bridge over it's always the same - and I don't know, people always try to make it, they never learn," said Vargas. "We want people to turn around. It's not always about profit. People over profit."
The City of Bridgeport had announced several roads, including that section of Bishop, would be closed because of the flooding risk earlier in the day, but cars still ignored the warnings and the signs.
"If you see (flooding), just turn around," Vargas said. "It's not that serious - just go around."
