Baby found alive in car 14 hours after crash in Utah river

An 18-month-old girl has been found alive after spending 13 hours inside a car that crashed into a river. A fisherman found the car upside down on Saturday afternoon in Spanish Fork River, in Spanish Fork, Utah. The toddler’s condition was upgraded from critical to stable but critical condition at a Salt Lake City hospital, but her 25-year-old mother, Lynn Groesbeck of Springville, was found dead in the car. The infant was found hanging upside down above the river that flowed through the car, and the water never reached high enough to touch her.

This is just a tragedy all the way around. There’s not anything at the scene, as far as evidence goes, as why the vehicle left roadway. There were no skid marks to show evasive maneuvers, to show why the vehicle left the roadway and traveled into the river.

Spanish Fork Police Lt. Matt Johnson

Family members told police that Groesbeck left a nearby home in Salem about 10 a.m. Friday and was en route to her Springville home near Provo when the crash occurred. Family spokeswoman Jill Sanderson did not immediately answer phone calls for comment Sunday. Three police officers and four firefighters who entered the river were released after treatment for hypothermia at a hospital. Police said they wouldn’t release further details Sunday unless the baby’s condition changes. The baby’s name was not released.

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