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Good Samaritans Leo Moody and Wade Shorey rescue baby from submerged SUV in Washington County, Maine

Date: 
Monday, November 17, 2014
Area: 
Bangor, ME
On Monday, Stephen McGouldrick, 55, slid on ice and lost control of his SUV on an icy road and rolled the vehicle down an embankment into 2 1/2 feet of water, landing upside-down and sumberging a 3-month-old infant girl in the back seat. Passerby Leo Moody, of Kingman, crawled into the SUV and freed the baby by using a knife to cut the straps of her car seat. The baby girl was not breathing and unresponsive when she was pulled free, and another passer-by, Wade Shorey, initiated CPR and successfully resuscitated her.

Gabriel D. Ratliff, 3 killed, and Brandon D. Ratliff, 24, and Michael A. Ratliff, 1, injured in crash into creek off of Highway 32 in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri

Date: 
Friday, May 16, 2014
Area: 
St. Louis, MO

A 3-year-old boy died and two other people were seriously hurt Saturday when their car ran off a highway in Ste. Genevieve County and hit an embankment, authorities said. The Missouri Highway Patrol identified the boy as Gabriel D. Ratliff, of St. Mary, Mo. Seriously injured were Brandon D. Ratliff, 24, of Farmington, Mo., and Michael A. Ratliff, 1, also of St. Mary. 

Ebony Wilkerson drives minivan with her three children inside into the ocean in Daytona Beach, Florida

Date: 
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Area: 
Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, FL
A mother behind the wheel of a minivan that was driven with her three children into the surf off Daytona Beach, Fla., is undergoing a mental evaluation. The Volusia County Sheriff's Office also said Wednesday that the children were turned over to the care of the Florida Department of Children and Families. Bystanders and officers helped pull the woman, later identified as Ebony Wilkerson, and her children - ages 3, 9 and 10 - from their minivan after it became nearly submerged in the Atlantic surf Tuesday afternoon.

Chris Caudill, 33, Mark Caudill, 31, Ellie Caudill, 8, Emma Caudill, 5, Kaitleen Caudill, 9, injured, taken to hospitals, after their pickup overturns into ditch in Scott County, Indiana

Date: 
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Area: 
Louisville, KY

A trooper discovered that a 2001 four-door Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck was traveling east near 568 East Crothersville Road when it suddenly crossed into the eastbound lane, hitting a tree on the north side of the road. It then flipped into the ditch. A passerby discovered the crash when he got out of his vehicle to move the tree that had been struck by the pickup truck. Sgt. Jerry Goodin with ISP said the passerby heard children yelling for help, so he walked to the edge of the roadway and saw the overturned truck.

Emoch Einwechter, 6 weeks, Susan Einwechter, 3, killed, when a SUV driven by Monique H. Einwechter, 24, crashes into a pond near Pikeville in Bledsoe County.

Date: 
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Area: 
Chattanooga, TN
When their mother's SUV slipped into a pond Monday night, police say, a baby and a 3-year-old girl sat in the back row, strapped into car seats. Monique H. Einwechter, 24, of Lititz, Pa., had been driving a Ford Expedition down a long driveway around 8:45 p.m. CST when she reached the pond, located on her father's property. She had four children in the car, none of them older than 3-year-old Susan.

Lucas Cole, Donald Cowles, 6-year-old boy, slightly injured after their ATV crashes through ice on China Lake in Kennebec County.

Date: 
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Area: 
Portland-Auburn, ME
Three people, including a 6-year-old boy, escaped serious injury when the all-terrain vehicle they were on broke through the ice of China Lake. The operator of the ATV, Lucas Cole of Benton, was trapped in the water for about five minutes and suffered hypothermia and frostbite. The 25-year-old Cole stated that he went under the water three times before his friend, Donald Cowles, pulled him free. Cowles threw his 6-year-old nephew to safety first. All three were treated at the hospital.