Updated 10:09 pm on June 5
A car driven by a female teenager drove into the Red Lake River by the Sampson’s Addition bridge and the Crookston Police Department shortly before 5:00 pm.
An eyewitness told KROX that they saw a car enter into the river by the bridge and it floated down the river by the Oak Court apartments.
The Crookston Fire Department conducted a search on the river with the help of a drone to locate the car and the Grand Forks County Sheriffs Water Rescue team arrived on the scene just before 6:00 pm.
Three divers entered the river and it took almost an hour before they were able to get the body out of the car and into a boat. Once the body was in the boat they brought the body to shore and put the girl in a body bag and loaded her back on the boat where they went to a boat landing to meet an ambulance.
The foster parent and many relatives of the girl were on the scene. We won’t release the name until we get official word to make sure all relatives are notified.
THE PRESS RELEASE FROM POLK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
On Wednesday, June 5 at approximately 4:38 p.m. Polk County Dispatch received a call of a vehicle floating in the river behind 110 Sargent St in Crookston. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office along with Crookston Police Department and the Crookston Fire Department responded. Upon arrival, a Crookston Officer observed the vehicle in the river and it appeared to be occupied, the car then became fully submerged. The Crookston Fire Department deployed a watercraft into the river in an attempt to locate the vehicle, with the assistance of the Polk County Drone the vehicle was located. Grand Forks County Water Rescue Unit was called to assist and deployed divers who located a deceased juvenile female in the vehicle. The deceased female was transported by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office to the UND Medical Examiner’s Office in Grand Forks. No foul play is suspected.
No further information will be released at this time. Assisting agencies are the Crookston Area Ambulance and the Pine to Prairie Drug Task Force.
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