Vermont
Authorities ID girl who died in Vt. river, older brother who died trying to save her
Authorities have identified the girl and her older brother who died in a Vermont river after going missing last week.
Sandro Lala, 25, had jumped into the Lamoille River to save his sister, 11-year-old Yazmin Yupangui, when she fell into the Lamoille River near Arrowhead Mountain Lake in Georgia, Vermont, on Wednesday, according to the Vermont State Police.
Autopsies determined that the siblings, who both lived in Cambridge, Vermont, died in accidental drownings, according to police.
Yazmin’s body was found Thursday by a police underwater recovery team, while Lala’s body was found in Arrowhead Mountain Lake on Saturday morning.
Police had previously said a group of relatives were fishing along the shore when a young girl fell into the water, and a man jumped in to try to rescue her. Neither resurfaced after that, prompting a large search, including multiple agencies, on the water near where Lamoille River empties into the lake.