Crews search for 2-year-old girl after dad drives into river
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March 13, 2020
LEON, Kan. (AP) — Crews are searching for the body of a 2-year-old southeast Kansas girl after her father drove them both off a 30-foot embankment and into a river, authorities said Thursday.
Butler County Sheriff Kelly Herzet said the father drove into the Walnut River near Leon Wednesday evening after officers tried to take his daughter from him because he had been drinking. The father's body was later recovered from his truck, but the girl's body likely was swept away immediately. The river was running hard because of recent rains, Herzet said.
Leon officers began looking for the man, who w...
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