Father, daughter die in flooded arroyo in Tohatchi
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September 4, 2016
TOHATCHI, N.M. (AP, posted Sept. 5, 2016) — A Navajo father and daughter in northwest New Mexico were found dead after trying to rescue a family pet from a flooded arroyo.
Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye expressed condolences in a statement Sunday for the deaths of Jay and Aschley Levier in Tohatchi.
KOB-TV in Albuquerque reports (http://bit.ly/2bMLydw) that 21-year-old Aschley Levier went into the water to save the family's dog Friday.
Witnesses say her 46-year-old father then followed to save her.
Both were swept away.
More than 100 volunteers searched for them.
Their bodies were disc...
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