Mother, Daughter, 5, Both Die After Being Pulled From CT River, IDs Released: State Police

BALTIC, CT — A mother and her 5-year-old daughter have both died after being swept down the Connecticut River on Tuesday evening, state police said in an update Wednesday afternoon.

Dora Kelly, 39, of Norwich, was pronounced dead at the hospital. The child, identified as Aralye McKeever, 5, was transported to Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford, where she was pronounced deceased on Wednesday, state police said.

At 5:23 p.m. Tuesday, Quinebaug Valley Dispatch informed Connecticut State Police Troop E in Montville of a report of a mother and child lost in the Shetucket River in the Park Drive area of Sprague, state police said.

State Troopers, members of several area fire departments and EMS responded to the scene, officials said.

"During the search, an adult female and a female child were located in the river by rescue crews and life-saving efforts were initiated on-scene," state police said in a news release. "Both the adult female and the child were subsequently transported by ambulance to William W. Backus Hospital."

Kelly died while at the hospital Tuesday night, and McKeever died on Wednesday while at a hospital.

"Based upon initial investigative findings, foul play is not suspected and these incidents will be investigated by State Police as untimely deaths. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) was notified and will conduct an investigation to determine cause and manner of death," state police said.

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