Posted on 06/18/2003 6:54:42 AM PDT by CFW
12-Year-Old Ky. Girl Survives Flash Flood
LORETTO, Ky. (AP) -- A 12-year-old girl was rescued in fair condition after a flash flood destroyed her home and swept her on a bruising path about a mile downstream.
Teresa Hartley was found clinging to a tree Tuesday night, after her journey down normally docile Prather Creek.
Authorities were called after the flash flood, caused by some 5 inches of rain, struck her family's mobile home.
"We were told the trailer had been washed away with a mother and daughter inside. It floated down, it rolled, it disintegrated," said Marion County paramedic Gary Luce.
Teresa was ejected from the mobile home before smashed into a bridge, authorities said.
Marion County Road Supervisor Tommy Lee was amazed that she was not seriously injured.
"She had to go through three bridges, cattle gaps and being beaten against the creek bank and trees," Lee said. "I'd say she had a rough trip."
Teresa was in fair condition at the University of Kentucky Hospital, medics said.
Her mother, whose name was not immediately released, was not hurt, Luce said.
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