Woman, 5-year-old daughter die after being swept down Connecticut river

SPRAGUE, Conn. — A woman and her 5-year-old daughter died after they were swept down a river in eastern Connecticut, authorities said. According to...

July 20, 2023
5:38 AM

SPRAGUE, Conn. — A woman and her 5-year-old daughter died after they were swept down a river in eastern Connecticut, authorities said. According to a news release from the Connecticut State Police, Kelly Dora, 39, of Norwich, was pronounced dead at Backus Hospital in Norwich on Tuesday. Aralye McKeever, 5, was transferred to Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford, where she died on Wednesday. Troopers received a call at about 5:23 p.m. EDT on Tuesday about a woman and her child lost in the Shetucket River in the Park Drive area of Sprague.

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