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Girl, 9, walks to get help after crash kills dad

By Christopher Weber
Published March 25, 2013 4:00am ET
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Girl, 9, walks to get help after crash kills dad
This video frame provided by KABC TV Los Angeles shows a California Highway Patrol officer during an investigation of a crash of an SUV in Action, Calif. on Sunday, March 24, 2013. A 9-year-old girl crawled out of the mangled SUV, climbed out of a canyon and walked about a mile in the middle of the night to find help after surviving the highway crash that killed her father in Southern California, authorities said. (AP Photo/KABC TV) | AP

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Law enforcement officials praised the bravery and tenacity of a 9-year-old girl who crawled out of a mangled SUV at the bottom of a remote Southern California canyon and hiked nearly two miles to find help for her father, who was pinned in the driver’s seat following a rollover crash.

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