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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a Palisade woman who was killed when the vehicle she was riding in was swept down a drainage in eastern Utah.
The Grand County Sheriff's Office in Utah says 57-year-old Susan Parker was in a Jeep that was crossing the Bittercreek Wash about 2 ½ miles west of the Colorado line Sunday. The vehicle overturned and was carried about 200 feet downstream.
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/1ub8gwR ) the driver managed to reach the bank, but Parker could not escape the Jeep.
Authorities say area drainage ditches have been unpredictable because of recent rainfall.
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