LORAIN, Ohio -- Swift-moving storms proved deadly for a Lorain couple Saturday.

Walter and Mary Jane Kalinowski were in their car on a well-traveled Lorain street when the storm turned a railroad underpass into an ocean of water that they couldn't escape, NewsChannel5 reported.

The East 21st Street underpass filled with water after 2.8 inches of rain fell in about a half-hour.

IMAGES: Car Submerged In Water

As fast as the rain came down, the floodwaters went up, trapping the 85-year-old and 77-year-old inside a red Oldsmobile.

"Would-be rescuers tried to get to the car as the water was rising too fast. They tried to break a window. They couldn't get in and the waters just buried the car before anybody can do anything," Lt. Jim Rohner said.

With water that was almost 12-feet deep in spots, rescuers initially feared that more victims might be trapped.

"We're unsure at this time. That's why our dive team is en route and we'll be checking for survivors hopefully or any other vehicles that are under there," Sgt. Jim Wolford said.

As the dive team entered the water, they painstakingly searched the murky mess. A second vehicle was eventually found under the water but the people inside had been able to escape.

Lorain residents said this underpass and another at East 28th Street always flood. They're not surprised that something like this happened.

"When you got a traffic light here and you're at the bottom of that thing there and it comes up like it flood it did, there's no way out cause everybody's still in front of you and your car died," Jeffery Guncer said.

The Lorain fire department pulled the car out of the water after about 30 minutes.

"There were people on the scene pretty fast. Two police officers that dove in the water in their full uniforms trying to get at these people, and there was a couple of civilians, a fire truck showed up and they were able to finally get a line on the car. They pulled it out part way but it was too late by then," Wolford said.