Baby dies after SUV goes through ice

An 8-month-old baby died three days after being pulled from a sport utility vehicle that plunged through the ice on a Minnesota lake, authorities said Tuesday.

The Hennepin County medical examiner‘s office said Tabitha Markle died Monday at Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.

The child was under water for 15 minutes after the SUV being driven by her father broke through the ice on Lake Minnetonka in suburban Minneapolis.

The county sheriff‘s office said it was investigating the incident and “will determine if alcohol was involved” in the Friday night incident, the newspaper said.

Sheriff Rich Stanek said Saturday there were indications the girl’s father, Jonathan L. Markle, 41, had been drinking, but blood-alcohol test results were not yet available.

Besides Tabitha, Markle was accompanied by his wife, Amanda, 31, and their 2-year-old daughter, Isabelle, when their vehicle broke through the ice. Everyone but the infant survived.

The family had been to a restaurant earlier. (UPI)

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SUV에 갇혀 얼음물 빠진 아가의 최후!

미네소타 강에 빠진 SUV차량에서 아이가 구출된 지 3일 만에 생후 8개월 아기가 죽었다고 경찰이 화요일 밝혔다.

미니애플리스 스타 티리뷴은 타비사 마클이 21일 월요일 사망했다고 보도했다.

경찰 관계자들은 이 사건에 음주운전이 있었는지 수사할 것이라고 밝혔다.

경찰 수사관 리치 스타넥(41)은 아이의 아버지가 음주를 한 사실이 확인됐지만 혈중 알코올 수치를 아직 확인하지 못했다고 전했다.

차량 안에 있었던 와이프 아만다(31)과 딸 이자벨 (2)은 생존한 것으로 확인됐다. (코리아헤럴드)