A 20-year-old Faribault woman is still missing in the Cannon River after being swept away, and authorities say hope is fading as rescuers continue to look for her, the Pioneer Press reported.
Brittney Landsverk was a passenger in a car that crashed into the river Friday at 5 a.m. Another passenger in the car managed to pull her out but Landsverk fell back in.
Rescuers searched all day Friday for her, but were forced to stop searching at night. Searching resumed on Saturday, but returned empty handed.
The driver, 21-year-old Mitch Bongers, was in critical condition at a Twin Cities hospital. The other two passengers were not injured, the Star Tribune said.
Rice County Sheriff Richard Cook said rescuers were fighting against a strong current, nearly freezing water temperatures, and a river as deep as 12 feet in some places.
