Flooding under the bridge at Queens Drive on August 26 2023 (Image: Copyright Unknown)

A massive water tank in a Liverpool park could prevent future flooding disasters, according to a local councillor. On August 26 2023, retired caterers Elaine and Philip Marco died when their car became submerged in flood water in an area of Queens Drive under the railway bridge in Mossley Hill .

An inquest into their death, which took place this week at Gerard Majella Courthouse, heard that they became stranded when water entered the air intake of their Mercedes , rendering the car undrivable.

The combined sewer beneath the road became overwhelmed from the intensity of the rainfall, which the coroner said resulted in a “violent” sewer surcharge, flooding the road to a depth of 3m.

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