7 year old drowns inside SUV
Posted August 9th, 2008 by minortopics | via www.boston.comAfter a quick flash flood, a family trapped who tried to cross a stream in their SUV, escaped with one tragic casualty, their 7 year old daughter was trapped and drowned.
Crossing a stream during flooding is kinda like trying to outrun a train. It’s just not safe, so please don’t try it.
ASHLAND, N.H. - A 7-year-old Rhode Island girl died while trapped underwater in her family’s sport utility vehicle for more than two hours Thursday while firefighters rescued her mother and 5-year-old brother from the middle of a brook surging with flood waters.
The family’s Ford Explorer was swept into the brook after a flash flood hit the Ames Brook campground early Thursday evening. The girl’s father, mother, and brother managed to escape from the car before it rushed into the brook, 1,000 feet downstream.

