A search is underway for two people believed to have been washed away in flood waters in the Lluidas Vale area of St. Catherine yesterday.

Head of the St. Catherine North Police Superintendent Hopton Nicholson says, the two occupants were seen aboard the motor vehicle yesterday evening travelling through the area which was experiencing heavy rains. 

The vehicle was reportedly swept away by flood waters.

Superintendent Nicholson says there was no sign of the occupants up to this morning, however, the vehicle was located.