On 12/5/2019 at 5:14 AM, trailertraveler said:

I posted it because I thought it may be of interest to members of this forum.

Based upon the responses here, it would seem that you were correct. While I do watch the TV news, like Linda I had not heard anything about this prior to your post. ?

I think that most people were surprised when they read the articles and saw that it really wasn't an RV, so wondered why it was posted in an RV forum.  I realize that some papers did say RV, but the pictures I saw and the description isn't one of an RV.  There are some videos of it being pulled out of the creek and if there was some type of structure on the back it disappeared without a trace.

We're in Mesa, AZ and it is in the newspaper everyday, the 3rd little girl still hasn't been found, though they have found one of her shoes and her pants.   After this many days and the conditions in the hills, it is unreasonable to expect the child is alive and they may not find the remains intact.   One question that does keep coming up is why the adults have not been charged with child endangerment for driving around the barricades.   Those that live in the area have been trying to get a bridge over that area because of flooding when it rains, but the $20 million price tag is too much for the county and there are too few people for it to built using federal grant funds.   The family is from Arizona, so the adults should have know what happens when you have big rain storms.

  On 12/5/2019 at 7:43 AM, Barbaraok said:

There are some videos of it being pulled out of the creek and if there was some type of structure on the back it disappeared without a trace.

RV does not equal motor home. RV stands for Recreational Vehicle. There's more than one type of RV. Else why are all those bumper pull and 5th wheel people talking on an RV forum? Maybe that family has a pick-up type camper they mount on the flatbed? I once saw a goose neck trailer with a truck camper mounted on it. We have no idea why it was reported as being an RV. Maybe someone just thought that any vehicle carry that many people must have been an RV.

Linda Sand

i got in trouble with a landlord cause i had a "jeep" parked on the side of the house for longer than a week. it was in the back side yard. it is still a "play toy" not a commute car. and i moved out when i was accused of parking a van on the street,  it had nothing to do with me.

but the "jeep" was called a rv not a truck or car. so had to be moved. as in into a rented parking lot. not on said property.

so yes rv can be anything to some out there.

I read somewhere that they had made that crossing during flash floods in the past.  
Perhaps the engine died at the wrong moment. . .

It still reminds us that in the desert more people die from drowning than any other reason.

Edited December 5 by jayco1

It was not on our local news and we never heard the story except here  on this forum...What is the big deal.