Police in Barstow are searching for a missing 2-year-old boy after he was swept away from his father in floodwaters caused by heavy rainfall on Thursday evening.

The Barstow Police Department said officers and firefighters were dispatched around 7:14 p.m. to the area of West Main Street about a car that was swept off the roadway by floodwaters.

As authorities were responding, it was reported that the occupants had been separated from the car, which continued to travel north with the mudslide. According to police, 26-year-old Brandon Padilla Aguilera and his 2-year-old son Xavier Padilla Aguilera were separated as they were swept away.

Barstow police said because of the situation, assistance from the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Police, Califo

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