Mother and 1-year-old child drown in Caldwell County creek
A mother and her 1-year-old child died after drowning in a creek in Caldwell County, Saturday night.
NC Wildlife Resource Commission Law Enforcement units found three victims in the water in Wilson Creek Gorge, according to a Caldwell County spokesperson.
Emergency crews arrived to the scene off of Brown Mountain Beach Road around 6:30 p.m.
Two of the people pulled from the water were unconscious and responders tried to resuscitate them. A 1-year-old and their mother died at the scene.
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Crews stayed there for several hours to help law enforcement with the investigation and to provide high angle rope systems for the recovery.
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