1-year-old stuck in seat dies after woman, child escape submerged car, CO cops say

Miami Herald

30-04-2025

A woman and a young child escaped a car that rolled into an irrigation ditch, but a 1-year-old was stuck in her seat and died, Colorado officials said.
State troopers were called to the wreck on a rural road in Brush a little after midnight April 24, the Colorado State Patrol said in an April 30 news release.
A Mercedes C300 rolled into an irrigation ditch next to the roadway, troopers said.
The 34-year-old woman driving the car and one of the passengers, a 3-year-old girl, were able to get out, troopers said. But the 1-year-old girl 'was unable to remove herself from her car seat and became trapped in the water,' troopers said.
An officer from the Brush Police Department freed her, but she was later pronounced dead at a hospital, according to troopers.
The driver and 3-year-old also were taken to a hospital, with moderate injuries for the driver and minor injuries for the girl, troopers said.
It appears from the preliminary investigation the car 'drove off the left side of the road and onto the side of an irrigation ditch,' troopers said, adding that 'the Mercedes rolled down into the ditch where it came to rest on the driver's side, submerging it in water.'
Troopers didn't release the names of the driver or young passengers, who both were in car seats.
The wreck still is being investigated, and no arrests have been made or charges filed, according to troopers.
Brush is about a 93-mile drive northeast from Denver.