Kentucky woman dies, caught in flash flood in Arizona canyon
Aug. 3, 2021
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PAGE, Ariz. (AP) Authorities are investigating the death of a Kentucky woman who was caught in a flash flood in a canyon near the Arizona-Utah border.
Coconino County Sheriff’s officials said they received a call Saturday evening about a possible drowning at Labyrinth Canyon on Lake Powell.
They said 43-year-old Heather Rutledge of Louisville was hiking the canyon Saturday afternoon with her husband and three sons when they were all caught in a flash flood.
Authorities said Rutledge’s husband and children survived, but the woman’s body wasn’t recovered until Sunday due to heavy debris in the water.
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PAGE, Ariz. (AP) Authorities are investigating the death of a Kentucky woman who was caught in a flash flood in a canyon near the Arizona-Utah border.
Coconino County Sheriff’s officials said they received a call Saturday evening about a possible drowning at Labyrinth Canyon on Lake Powell.
They said 43-year-old Heather Rutledge, of Louisville, was hiking the canyon Saturday afternoon with her husband and three sons when they were all caught in a flash flood.
Louisville woman dies, caught in flash flood in Arizona canyon
Police said 43-year-old Heather Rutledge was with her family when they were caught in a flash flood near the Arizona-Utah border. Author: Associated Press Updated: 11:40 PM EDT August 3, 2021
PAGE, Ariz. Authorities are investigating the death of a Kentucky woman who was caught in a flash flood in a canyon near the Arizona-Utah border.
Coconino County Sheriff’s officials said they received a call Saturday evening about a possible drowning at Labyrinth Canyon on Lake Powell.
They said 43-year-old Heather Rutledge of Louisville was hiking the canyon Saturday afternoon with her husband and three sons when they were all caught in a flash flood.
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A Kentucky mother was found dead last weekend after she and her family were swept away by a flash flood in a canyon near the Arizona-Utah border, according to reports.
Heather Rutledge, 43, of Louisville, was hiking with her husband and three sons Saturday in the Labyrinth Canyon area in Page, Arizona, when they were all caught in an afternoon flash flood.
Rutledge reportedly drowned and was found dead at Lake Powell, while the rest of the family survived, according to the Coconino County Sheriff s Office. Lake Powell is shown from an airplane window on March 30, 2015, in Page, Arizona. (Getty Images)
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