Cameras capture 'miracle baby's' rescue

A camera has captured the dramatic moment a baby girl was rescued from an upturned car, 14 hours after it crashed into a river in the US.

The footage shows first responders discovering the life-less body of 25-year-old mother Jennifer Groesbeck in the driver’s seat of her wrecked car.

A voice can then be heard yelling, “there’s a baby”.

Within seconds 18-month-old Lily Groesbeck can be seen in the arms of a firefighter.

Lily, who was still strapped into her car seat, was suspended just centimeters above the freezing water.

Jennifer Groesbeck was discovered dead in the wreckage of the car that plunged into the Utah river. Photo: Facebook

Utah police have only recently released the footage that was filmed by a body-camera attached to emergency rescue worker.

Despite steady traffic flow along an overhead bridge it took more than half a day for Jennifer Groesbeck’s car to be spotted by drivers in the river below, in Spanish Fork, Utah. Police say the wreckage was obscured by a cement barrier.

Lily remains in hospital after suffering hypothermia but Spanish Fork police Lt. Matt Johnson says her family has assured him she is doing better.

“She is doing remarkably well considering the circumstances. The doctors have been hopeful so far,” Lily's aunt, Jill Sanderson told local television.

“We would like to express our appreciation to the Spanish Fork rescue team for saving the baby's life”, she added.

Three police officers and four firefighters who entered the river were also treated for hypothermia.

"It's heartbreaking. Was she crying most the night?" Spanish Fork Police Officer Tyler Beddoes said. "It's a miracle. ... She was needed for sure elsewhere."

Beddoes spoke to the family, recounting the ordeal.

Officers involved in the rescue have also said they heard a mysterious plea for help.

“We could see a person in the front seat and then we heard a voice saying, ‘Help me, we’re in here.’ It was clear as day,” Officer Beddoes said.

Jennifer Groesbeck, 25, was returning home with baby Lily in the car when it is believed she hit a cement barrier on a bridge and careered into the river. Photo: Facebook

The police and firefighters turned the car over to get to the baby.

“We could see her eyes fluttering so there was some life but as far as movements or consciousness there was nothing that we could see,” Beddoes continued

Relatives told police that Groesbeck and her baby was heading home when the crash occurred.

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