Oregon girl Aryanna Rath, 4, drags injured 2-year-old sister from car crash that killed mother A four-year-old Oregon girl rescued her severely injured younger sister from a car crash that killed their mother early Wednesday by dragging her out of the vehicle and wrapping both their bodies in a blanket while they waited for help to arrive. The mother, 26-year-old Jessica Marie Rath of Astoria, was driving to pick up her fisherman husband when police say she fell asleep at the wheel, veered off the road and slammed into a tree. Passing motorists who stopped to investigate the damaged tree in southwest Washington around 8 a.m. Wednesday - several hours after the crash - found the two girls, Aryanna Rath, 4, and younger sister Lylah Huff. The vehicle wasn't visible from State Highway 401 south of Naselle. Four-year-old Aryanna (left) rescued her younger sister (right) from a car crash that killed their mother (center) early Wednesday by dragging her out of the vehicle and wrapping both their bodies in a blanket while they waited for help to arrive Tragedy: Passing motorists who stopped to investigate a damaged tree in southwest Washington several hours after the crash - found the two girls The wreckage of the crash, seen here, was barely visible from the road, aside from the tree, which was clearly impacted Rath had been driving to the Hoquiam, Washington, area Tuesday night to pick up her husband, Keaton Huff, but then headed south when she found out Huff's boat was headed toward Portland instead, Trooper Russ Winger said. Huff last connected with Rath around midnight, when he informed her that his boat had changed course. He told police that he had tried to convince her to return home, but she insisted that she was OK to drive to Portland. Two hours later, Huff wrote a chilling message on his Facebook wall saying, 'my wife n kids are missing. if anyone can help please call 791-****.' Nearly two dozen people have commented on the post since then, mostly expressing their cosdolences as news spread that Rath had died. Rath (right) had been driving to the Hoquiam, Washington, area Tuesday night to pick up her husband, Keaton Huff (pictured) After the crash, the girls apparently waited for help for several hours in rainy conditions and overnight temperatures that dipped into the 40s, the trooper said Heartbreak: On Facebook his profile, Huff describes himself as happy with his life and in love with his wife and kids On his Facebook profile, Huff describes himself as happy with his life and in love with his wife and kids. 'I love my life my wife is the best and I love my new baby girl Lylah and I love the s**t out of my daughter Ary,' he writes. After the crash, the girls apparently waited for help for several hours in rainy conditions and overnight temperatures that dipped into the 40s, the trooper said. Kraai McClure and Scott Beautler were driving by the spot when they stopped to check out the gashed tree trunk, they told KING-TV. The girls were taken first to an Astoria hospital, where their father met them. They were then airlifted to a Portland hospital Love ink: Rath had her youngest daughter's name, Lylah, tattooed on her neck (left) Rath posted this photo collection of her two daughters on her Facebook page They found the woman dead and the little girls huddled in the cold and rain. Beautler called the 4-year-old a hero. 'We were just doing a deed,' he said. 'She saved her sister's life.' They were then airlifted to a Portland hospital, Winger said. VIDEO Tragedy as crash kills 26-year-old mother of two