Heavy rains cause flooding in Mansfield

Park Avenue East near downtown Mansfield was closed for most of Thursday as 3 feet of water flooded the lowest level of the street.While a barricade blocked cars from getting near the flooded area, a side street was left unblocked.That's the road where Howard Palmer drove down with his wife in the passenger seat of the pick-up truck.He said he was in a deep conversation regarding his wife's pregnancy and became distracted and didn't realize the street he was about to drive on was under a lot of