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TOQUERVILLE, Washington County — A 5-year-old girl was found unresponsive in a bathtub in Toquerville on Monday.
The Washington County Sheriff's Office initially announced Wednesday that the girl had died, but later said she was alive but on life support.
Deputies and police officers from La Verkin responded to a home in Toquerville around 11:30 a.m. Monday after the girl was found unresponsive while taking a bath, according to sheriff's office. Responders performed life-saving measures until medical personnel could arrive.
The girl was taken to St. George Regional Hospital before being flown in critical condition to Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City.
The name of the girl has not been released and more information was not immediately available.
"The sheriff's office 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," the office said in a statement. "We sincerely apologize for any burden or difficulty this may have caused to anyone who received that information, especially to the family.
