The elderly couple were grandparents who were due to celebrate their 54th wedding anniversary next week.
Another said: ‘Baruch Dayan HaEmet. My thoughts and prayers are with their family and the whole community.’
The road they died on is believed to have flooded after extremely heavy rain hit the area, with Met Office data showing more than 32mm of rainfall an hour in the local area on Saturday.that Queens Drive, which dips as it goes beneath a bridge, has long been an issue. ‘We are at the early stages of an ongoing investigation on Queens Drive to establish the circumstances of this tragic incident. Road closures remain in the area as we continue with this investigation and motorists are advised to avoid the road.”
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