BODY OF VERMILLION GIRL RECOVERED (UPDATE)

UPDATE: Crews have recovered the body of a Vermillion, South Dakota teenager who drowned in Sioux Falls after trying to save her 6-year-old brother from the icy Big Sioux River.

Sioux Falls Fire Chief Jim Sideras says 16-year-old Madison Leigh Wallace's body was found Friday afternoon.

Wallace and 28-year-old Lyle Francis Eagletail of Sioux Falls were swept away in the fast-moving river as they tried to save the girl's 6-year-old brother.

Sideras says Garrett Martin Wallace, of Vermillion, was climbing on rocks Thursday evening when he disappeared into the icy water or was obscured by massive amounts of gathering foam.

The boy was pulled ashore and was not injured.

The body of Eagletail has not been found.

SD AP

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Police have released the names of a 16-year-old Vermillion girl and a 28-year-old Sioux Falls man presumed drowned after they were swept away in the fast-moving, icy Big Sioux River in Sioux Falls as they tried to save the girl's 6-year-old brother.

Sioux Falls Fire Chief Jim Sideras says emergency crews searching the river at Falls Park changed their focus from rescue to recovery early Friday.

Sideras says Garrett Martin Wallace, of Vermillion, was climbing on rocks Thursday evening when he disappeared into the icy water and massive amounts of gathering foam.

The boy's sister, Madison Leigh Wallace, jumped in to save him but was swept away. Lyle Francis Eagletail, of Sioux Falls, also jumped in to help but he disappeared in the freezing water.

The boy was pulled ashore.

From Associated Press