Miracle: How baby girl survived for 14 hours after car crashed into Utah's Spanish Fork River
- 9 years ago
A toddler was suspended above icy water for 14 hours after a car careened into Utah's Spanish Fork River last Friday night. Her mother, Lynn Jennifer Groesbeck, was killed in the accident.
The rear portion of the vehicle was high enough out of the water that Groesbeck's 18-month-old toddler stayed dry after their car plunged into a Utah river at 10:30 p.m. last Friday night. As icy water flowed through the car's open windows, the child remained strapped to her child safety seat.
A toddler's organs are healthier than an adult's, and young children are able to better withstand trauma as a result. Haitham Haddad, interim division chief of pediatric emergency medicine at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Ohio, told Good Morning America that the toddler's body probably prioritized blood flow to her brain, heart and other organs crucial for survival. The extreme cold could have also caused the toddler's heart rate to decrease, forcing her into a state similar to hibernation until a fisherman caught site of the vehicle around noon the next day.
The water in the river was so cold last weekend that seven emergency responders had to be treated for hypothermia after rescuing the toddler. Spanish Fork Police Lieutenant Matt Johnson told the Washington Post it's a miracle the child was able to survive.
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The rear portion of the vehicle was high enough out of the water that Groesbeck's 18-month-old toddler stayed dry after their car plunged into a Utah river at 10:30 p.m. last Friday night. As icy water flowed through the car's open windows, the child remained strapped to her child safety seat.
A toddler's organs are healthier than an adult's, and young children are able to better withstand trauma as a result. Haitham Haddad, interim division chief of pediatric emergency medicine at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Ohio, told Good Morning America that the toddler's body probably prioritized blood flow to her brain, heart and other organs crucial for survival. The extreme cold could have also caused the toddler's heart rate to decrease, forcing her into a state similar to hibernation until a fisherman caught site of the vehicle around noon the next day.
The water in the river was so cold last weekend that seven emergency responders had to be treated for hypothermia after rescuing the toddler. Spanish Fork Police Lieutenant Matt Johnson told the Washington Post it's a miracle the child was able to survive.
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