Juab County officials investigating infant death at Little Sahara Recreation Area

Little Sahara Recreation Area. Photo: Bureau of Land Management

NEPHI, Utah, April 22, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — The Juab County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an infant death from an apparent cardiac arrest Saturday at Little Sahara Recreation Area.

Deputies responded at 2:54 p.m. to a medical call involving an infant at Sand Mountain campground, the sheriff’s office stated in a news release. The deputies had been at a nearby motorcycle race and began CPR on the infant, the release states.

Paramedics arrived and took over life-saving efforts, but the infant was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the sheriff’s office.

The infant’s death remains under investigation, the release states.

Gephardt Daily will update this story as more information becomes available.

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