Crews still seek girl in Colo. River

MOAB — Crews on Saturday were using sonar to search the bottom of the Colorado River for a car and a 5-year-old girl that disappeared in the icy water south of Moab.

The car, with a Colorado family inside, plunged down a 60-foot canyon and fell into the river Friday afternoon.

The driver, Evelyn M. Maestas, 60, of Mancos, Colo., and her adopted daughter, Tori, 11, were able to escape through a broken window and get out of the river, highway officials said. They told authorities they saw Maestas' granddaughter, 5-year-old Danica, also of Mancos, still inside the Nissan as it sank.

Crews searched Saturday, walking the river's shoreline and using the sonar technology, said UHP Sgt. Jeff Nigbur.