Death of 2-year-old boy appears accidental, says Sheriff’s Office

A missing 2-year-old boy found in a runoff drainage channel on Saturday morning was pronounced dead at a Salt Lake City hospital.

A passerby in the Manorlands area, located approximately 50 miles east of Kamas, spotted the unresponsive child around 11:15 a.m. near Highway 150, according to the Summit County Sheriff’s Office. The boy was originally reported missing about an hour before he was discovered.

Skyler Talbot with the Sheriff’s Office said the boy had a large group of extended family in the area, but he’s unsure of the relationship between the child and the person who called in the missing persons report…

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