TROUTDALE, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a father and 7-year-old daughter drowned in the Sandy River downstream from Dabney State Recreation Area near Troutdale. Multnomah County sheriff’s officials say Jenni Fernandez-Suarez’s floating device flipped and her father, Erislandy Fernandez-Sanchez, tried to save her at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Sheriff’s officials say she was floating in the river and her father went into the water from the shore to try to rescue her. Deputies and Gresham firefighters found him unresponsive in the water and searchers found the child in the water about an hour later. The two were pronounced dead at the hospital.
Father, daughter drown in Sandy River near Troutdale
