The boy’s father believes he had the truck in park, Donnell said. The investigation into why the truck rolled into the water continued Tuesday. There was one time I couldn’t get out of the truck, I couldn’t find the exit.

That I had the training, the experience, I was a great swimmer, to be able to go down and dive down there six or seven times. “I believe God put me there for a reason, so I believe it was right place, right time. On Tuesday, Donnell said he was thankful he found the boy, again emphasizing that he knew he couldn’t just leave him in the truck. Fortunately, they still had cell service at the reservoir, Donnell said. When he got the boy to shore, he and two bystanders performed CPR until medical crews arrived to take the boy to a hospital. By that point, he said the boy was floating near the truck’s roof close to the front windshield. I think I went down a total of seven times, maybe, and I think the seventh dive is when I finally found him,” he said.ĭonnell says he remembers reaching in the truck and feeling the boy’s clothing and then yanking the boy close to his chest. So I just kept going up, getting air, going back down. “So I swam in, I looked for him, I couldn’t hold my breath more than 30, 40 seconds probably, and I had to resurface. He swam around the truck and found a rear passenger door open. He said the vehicle was no longer visible, but he could see the bubbles on the water’s surface being created by the submerged pickup. That’s when Donnell said he took off his life jacket and dove after the boy. “I remember seeing him vividly tossing her 10 feet,” he said.īut by that point the grandfather was too fatigued to dive down to find the other 9-year-old boy still in the truck, according to police. Donnell said the grandfather then threw the toddler to Donnell’s wife who was nearby.

The family’s grandfather, who was fishing on shore, jumped in the water and was able to grab the 2-year-old girl just as the truck went fully under the water. One of the 9-year-old boys was able to get out of the truck on his own and swim to shore.

And I heard my wife just praying,” Donnell said. “‘Dios,’ which in Spanish is ‘God’ - that’s what the mother was saying and also the first 9-year-old boy that was pulled out was saying ‘Dios,’ yelling out for God. Just as he was coming into shore, he “noticed the pickup truck started to roll forward and slowly went into the water, people chasing after it, a lot of screaming and crying and I wasn’t sure how many people were in there.”ĭonnell described it as a very “chaotic” situation with a lot of people crying, screaming and praying. The truck ended up about 20 to 30 feet from shore and was completely submerged in about 15 to 20 seconds.Īlso at the reservoir that day kayaking with his wife and daughter was Donnell, a park ranger who retired in 2016 with 25 years of service. A man and his wife were outside the truck with their three children, ages 9, 9 and 2, inside the vehicle, when the truck - which was facing toward the reservoir - began to roll into the water. Monday afternoon, a North Salt Lake family had their pickup truck on the boat ramp at the reservoir as they loaded their kayaks. But because of Donnell’s heroic actions, the boy at least has a chance. That 9-year-old boy remained in extremely critical condition and on life support Tuesday morning. I just kept going, praying hard,” he said Tuesday. I know I couldn’t live with myself, so I kept diving. Our 4 track demo is days away (see ) and we are dying to get back out to play live.OAKLEY, Summit County - Joe Donnell still gets emotional as he thinks about the boy he pulled out of a pickup truck that had been under the water at Smith and Morehouse Reservoir for about 10 minutes. With Matt recently moving to Melbourne, SUBMERGE are keen to find a replacement bass player whose enthused about playing/writing originals with us. Rather than try and restructure the songs to take on a more traditional 'verse, chorus, verse' formation, Zanna has used the changing landscape to her advantage as she seduces you then strikes and slams you with her captivating lyrical and vocal styling. With songs written over 6 months as instrumentals, SUBMERGE twist and turn continually to keep you guessing which path the next change is going to take you down.

Nick and Sal on guitars, Matt on bass, Jase on drums and rocking front person, Zanna, SUBMERGE are chomping at the bit to get our interpretation of heavy rock out to the masses. SUBMERGE are heavily influenced by our love of all things Stoner Rock, Punk, Grunge, Metal and Prog Rock.

Submerge band