KOSSUTH, Maine - Police say a passer-by helped save a baby girl in the Washington County town of Kossuth when he crawled into a car that was upside-down in water, used a knife to cut the straps off the baby's seat and pulled her out. The accident happened on Monday when Stephen McGouldrick lost control of his SUV on an icy road and rolled it down an embankment into 2 1/2 feet of water. Leo Moody, a woodcutter from Kingman, initially didn't come forward and say what he'd done, but he says his family gave him a hard time about it until he did. Nora Flaherty reached Moody this morning at his camp in Penobscot County.
The baby girl was submerged for a short time and was not breathing and unresponsive when Mooney pulled her free. Another passer-by, Wade Shorey, resuscitated her using CPR. She was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center for observation. McGouldrick and two adult female passengers suffered minor injuries and were treated and released from a hospital.
