By msnbc.com staff and news services
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A blonde, blue-eyed?2-year-old?girl?found alive in a field?after tornadoes swept through southern?Indiana?is the sole survivor of her immediate family, a hospital official said Saturday.
The?child -- at first unidentified --?was taken to a hospital in Salem before being airlifted to Kosair Children?s Hospital in Louisville, Ky.
Cis Gruebbel, a spokeswoman for Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville, Ky., said?the girl's mother, father, 2-month-old sister and 3-year-old brother all died Friday. Gruebbel says the toddler is in critical condition.
She would not identify the child and said she could not provide details on the child's ordeal. She said extended family members are at the hospital with the child.
Melissa Richardson, a spokeswoman for the hospital in Salem, Ind. where the child was first taken, said the child's family is from New Pekin, Ind., and she was found near her home.
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In Friday's massive tornado outbreak, four people were killed in Washington County, Ind., where New Pekin is located, authorities said.
This article includes reporting by msnbc.com staff and The Associated Press.
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