West Virginia.Officials said they found the vehicle about 2:30 p.m. local time in an area where 18 feet of water had been reported.
The baby's body was found inside. Fayette County Sheriff Mike Fridley told FOX Weather that a recovery mission was being conducted along Paint Creek."It's just a bad situation nobody ever likes to deal with in our profession," Fridley said.Deputies received a 911 call from the mother about 8:30 a.m.
after she said her vehicle became stuck in high water and was washed away. The mother told deputies that she misjudged the water and drove into it before realizing it was too deep.
The vehicle was swept away when the mother attempted to retrieve the baby from it.Fridley said that muddy water with visibility near zero complicated search and rescue efforts, but the search resumed as the waters began to recede.