PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A girl who was airlifted to a hospital Friday after being underwater for minutes at a park along the Sandy River died.
Gresham firefighters said the 12-year-old girl was tubing with a group at Camp Collins in Oxbow Park when her foot got stuck and the current pulled her underwater.
Officials said she was wearing a lifevest but it slipped off of her.
Camp councilors dove into the water several times until they were able to bring her to the surface. She was rushed to the shore where resuscitation efforts were started. Firefighters said the girl spent 3-4 minutes underwater.
She was flown to a Portland hospital by Life Flight. Gresham officials told KOIN 6 News on Monday the girl died.