BENSON, Ariz. — One person has died after a vehicle they were in was swept away in a wash in Benson.

The Cochise County Sheriff's Office said crews responded to a water rescue near milepost 3 on North Ocotillo Road on Friday.

"Public Safety agencies are on the scene of a vehicle in a wash that got swept along with the current," the sheriff's office said.

Crews were able to rescue two people, but a third person was killed in the incident. The names of those involved have not been released.

The incident remains under investigation.

Several agencies, including the Cochise County Sheriff's Office, Cochise County Search and Rescue, Benson Police Department, Benson Fire Department, Arizona Department of Public Safety, and Hawkeye air support, were involved in the search.

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