Two Alabama Children Dead After Car Goes into River
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James Joyner | Sunday, July 17, 2005 |
Two Alabama children found in submerged vehicle in river (AP)
Authorities recovered the bodies of two siblings Sunday who were inside their mother’s car when the vehicle went off a highway and into a river. Golfers at a nearby country club rescued the mother, 30-year-old Brandee Skinner, on Saturday morning but could not find the children – a 5-year-old girl, Ashlyn Skinner, and her 18-month-old brother, Bryson Skinner.
Search teams located the submerged BMW on Sunday morning about 300 feet from where it went into the rain-swollen Cahaba River. The children were found about 1:45 p.m. Sunday. Police declined to say whether they were in safety restraints.
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Ron Babin of Hoover was in the group that helped rescue Skinner from the river. Babin said they were playing golf nearby when they heard her screams. They found her floating in the middle of the river, and really hysterical, Babin said.
Horrific.
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
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