An entire family dies after their SUV sinks into an Arizona lake
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Version 0 of 1. TEMPE, Ariz. — An entire family, including three young children, died Sunday after their vehicle went into a suburban Phoenix lake, authorities said. Nazyiah Baxter, 2, was initially hospitalized in critical condition but the boy was pronounced dead later in the day, Tempe police spokesman Michael Poole said. Emergency rescuers were called to Tempe Town Lake around 12:15 a.m. after bystanders saw the family’s SUV enter the lake. “Officers got on scene pretty quick,” Poole said. “Three jumped into the water immediately. One of the fishermen also jumped into the water.” Officers pulled a 1-year-old girl, Zariyah Baxter, and Nazyiah from the car. They then went back for Glenn Edward Baxter, 27, and Danica Baxter, 25, Poole said. “Our guys did as much CPR as they could until they were transported to the hospital,” Poole said. He said all four were taken to the hospital, where the parents and Zariyah died. At the hospital, detectives working to identify Danica Baxter figured out a third child, 3-year-old Reighn Baxter, was missing. Police divers went to the submerged car and located the boy’s body around 10 a.m. He was strapped in a car seat in the last row of the vehicle, Poole said. Investigators do not know what caused the crash or what led up to it. Glenn Baxter’s body will be turned over to the Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner for an autopsy as well as toxicology tests, Poole said. |