Crime & Safety

Baby Girl Found Unconscious at Big Tujunga River

Montrose Search and Rescue team members were looking for missing Turkish engineer Ertug Ergun at Stonyvale Picnic Area when they found a mother holding her unconscious baby girl who had apparently been swimming in Big Tujunga River.

A baby girl was found unconscious near the Stonyvale Picnic Area Friday while Montrose Search and Rescue continued the search for missing . 

Rescuers were about 200 yards along Big Tujunga River when they saw a woman panicked, carrying a baby who appeared unconcious, at about 5:10 p.m. Friday, Montrose SAR member Fred Koegler told Patch. 

The child, whose name was not immediately available, was transported by ambulance up the hill to a helipad off Big Tujunga Canyon Road, where Sheriff's Air 5 transported her to a hospital, sheriff's officials said.

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Montrose Search and Rescue began the continued search from the Stonyvale Picnic Area, .

Authorities have looked for more than a week at this location and throughout that area of Angeles National Forest, said Sheriff's Capt. Dave Silversparre of the . 

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