TOQUERVILLE, Utah — The Washington County Sheriff's Office issued an apology Wednesday, saying information shared earlier regarding the death of a 5-year-old girl found unresponsive in a bathtub in Toquerville was incorrect.
Earlier Wednesday, the sheriff's office sent out a media release saying the girl had died days after being found; however, officials now say she is still alive but on life support.
Sheriff's office deputies and officers with the LaVerkin Police Department responded to the home in the 750 block of Peachtree Drive at around 11:30 a.m. Monday and found the girl unresponsive in the tub. First responders provided life-saving measures before transporting the girl to a St. George hospital.
The unidentified child was eventually airlifted to Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City in critical condition.
In the original release, the department said the girl had died early Wednesday, but in a release sent hours later, the sheriff's office said they had received information "from what was deemed to be several reliable sources that has now been confirmed to be inaccurate as to the condition of the child."
"We sincerely apologize for any burden or difficulty this may have caused to anyone who received that information, especially to the family," the department wrote. "We will release an official media release in the future with appropriate updates."
