SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) – Police say a 25-year-old woman was found dead and her 18-month-old daughter was found alive inside a car that crashed into a Utah river and wasn’t discovered until over 13 hours later.
The girl was flown to a Salt Lake City hospital in an unknown condition. Their names weren’t immediately released.
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Police Lt. Matt Johnson says the woman left Salem about 10 p.m. Friday to drive to her Springville home, and a resident said he thought he heard an accident about 11 p.m. but couldn’t find anything.
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Some emergency responders who entered the river were released after treatment for hypothermia at a hospital.
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